by Naomi Seligman
Jobvent.com is a site that allows employees to post and rate their experiences at their workplace anonymously. As I have posted in the past, Mercury’s ratings are beyond abysmal (and we hear that Mercury blocks the site from its employees). In reviewing the site, there are a lot of folks very unhappy with their time at Mercury. Thought I should share.
Here’s a review from a Mercury employee:
Mercury really likes to stick it to us! Screw your raises & bonuses. A nice blow to our hearts for the crappy reviews & raises. Absolutely never recommending anyone to get insurance from Mercury. In the long run you’ll just be screwed over.
And this insight from another employee:
I feel like a slave. Mercury is so demanding and demoralizing to work for. They suck your pride out of you and stomp on your efforts. They tie your hands together and then say WORK. I like my manager but the people above the manager get off on demoralizing the manager and making the manager out to be incompetent when that is not the case, all of this to make the higher ups feel good about themselves and their jobs. It seems like they need to put everyone else down to show the company that they are needed.
Oh lets talk about our merit increase. I attend additional classes and participate in voluntary programs to help the company out and when someone hates the adjuster and wants a new adjuster I get to clean up the mess. So after all the years I have been working here I no longer exceed I only meet requirements. Now I feel like when I am asked to do something above and beyond I should reply with “Clearly thats a job for someone who exceeds and I just meet requirements”. Don’t let them tell you everyone got 2% I know certain people a select few who got substantially more and some good workers got absolutely nothing as they are clearly on the way out since they don’t have their nose shoved up the managers arse.
Don’t get me started on the stupid survey- The only people who will take the time out to complete it are already pissed as it takes way too long. We work in insurance someone is at FAULT you cant make everyone happy when no one wants to be responsible for the accident not to mention they were in an accident. I dont know anyone who is happy to get in an Accident! We are instructed to raise our survey score but we are not told how we can get the # and if we don’t get our #’s up then the manager will be fired over something they have no control over.
Once the economy turns just a little all the good peeps will jump ship. I used to be proud of the company now I don’t want to associated with it. Mercury takes a strong stand at fighting bs law suits but some of our higher ups actually start bs law suits with other companys for personal gain. Seen 20/20 lately?
And another disgruntled employee:
Overall a crappy place to work. Terrible management. Hostile work environment with management “nazis” runnin’ around. They enjoy being jerks, and that is the part of the job they are good at. They know nothing about claims, except to harass you as you handle the work. Pay was not bad, but that is how they get you to come over, by promising the world. Then they pull the rug out from you.
Save yourself and your career and work for a good company in the insurance industry, like Firemens Fund, State Farm, or Chubb.
If you go to a place called jobvent…it is most likely that you are upset…why don’t those people try and make it different at their company rather than complaining about it.