Go elsewhere if you're a minority or a liberal. - Consultant Northwestern Mutual Employee Review

Worked for a new manager who was angry that I got the job that she wanted to give to her friend. She did not know how to manage staff and she had issues with people of color. She would make statements about my clothing, my neckline, my natural hair and my speech. I logged all incidences and when it became too much to deal with, I went to the Diversity Manager, HR and executive management and shared my concerns. I was told it was her word against mine and that as a newer employee - I did not have the social collateral to make the complaint stick. No one person- not the diversity manager, not HR - not even my bosses boss took it seriously. As a result of my coming forward with the issues I had encountered with this manager, I was ostracized, moved against my wishes to another manager (her friend) and into a role I was not qualified for and was eventually forced to resign (they gave me a severance package, the only indication that they were taking some responsibility for the situation) . There is absolutely no work/life balance at corporate - when my father was dying, the same manager told me to "suck it up". It is an incredibly conservative right-wing culture. I was amazed by the comments about our President and democrats and the things that were said out-loud, by management in front of staff - blown away. After I left - two people replaced my role and had repeated issues with the same manager. Its my understanding that at that point upper management was not able to ignore her behavior any longer and they relieved her of her managerial role. Vindicated? Somewhat...But it doesn't make up for the humiliation and embarrassment I had to deal with as an employee of this company.