The pros will never outweigh the cons - Life Event Specialist Unum Employee Review

2.0
22 Nov 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, excellent opportunities for benefits like great insurance

Cons

Kiss your work life balance goodbye. You will be expected to go “above and beyond” and given a workload that is physically impossible to do in 40 hours a week. Regularly will work evenings and weekends. Calls with claimants can be extremely emotional, you will need to tell someone with cancer their disability has been denied because they didn’t get certain forms in soon enough and will have no outlet to discuss these emotionally labor intensive claimants and no time to decompress between calls. For the first year the pay and perks will seem worth it, maybe, but when the burn out sets in you will have no safety net. Regularly to see “stress casualties” of coworkers needing to go on leave for months at a time to do the stress, and their team will need to cover their work which will make the next domino fall.

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Pros

Pay, consistent schedule, excellence in work is rewarded.

Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Strong work-life balance, supportive leadership, and a collaborative culture that feels more people-focused than many large corporations. Hybrid flexibility, solid benefits, and long-term stability make it a great place to build a career. There are also good opportunities for internal growth and cross-functional experience.

Cons

Decision-making can sometimes move slowly due to layers of process and approvals. Compensation may not always be as competitive as larger tech-focused companies, and organizational changes or transformation initiatives can occasionally create ambiguity or shifting priorities. Like many large enterprises, bureaucracy can at times impact speed and innovation.

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