Not a good place to work for - werkgeversreview Senior Systems Engineer bij GEICO

1,0
25 jun 2023
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Pluspunten

PTOs, floating holidays, sick leave. Okay pay.

Minpunten

1. Toxic team dynamics. 2. Incompetency among teams. Many "master" systems engineers did not even master their own crafts. Quite a handful of them could not solve problems and work independently. They could not even script or code anything necessary for automation. The ones I worked could only execute documented procedures, which offshore IT folks could do just that. BTW. Not sure how these people could survive in the workplace for over 5 years with poor commands of spoken and written English. 3. Consistent condescending attitudes from immediate management. When disrespectful and unfair behaviors from peers were brought to the attention of immediate management, those behaviors were ignored. Instead, favoritism was always given to difficult enabling slackers and pretenders to slide through their entire tenures. This is also how the immediate management buried the truth of useless, incompetent and yet overpaid folks from decision makers up high. 4. Poor senior leadership. Multiple stressors that were implemented during my tenure included: - Biannual performance reviews. No matter how diligent you were and honest you put on your appraisals, they would just deflate your accomplishments. - Multiple mandatory Microsoft certification exams not relevant to the roles.

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5,0
8 jun 2026
Anonieme werknemer
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Pluspunten

GEICO is one of the largest employers in my smaller town, so I've heard all the good, the bad, and the ugly. What a pleasant surprise it's been working here! There is so much intentional change to create a great employee experience and get the right team leaders in place. Highly recommend not putting too much weight into older negative comments if you're thinking about applying. I've been very happy with my salary, the benefits/time off, culture, and leadership (both locally and senior leaders). I feel like there's a lot of room to continue to grow my career here and I see the same opportunities for others.

Minpunten

Really nothing major that I can think of!

2,0
26 jun 2026
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Pluspunten

Interesting problems to work on. Good benefits. Decent pay.

Minpunten

Managers will gaslight you and upper leadership is constantly changing, so expect projects you're working on to be thrown out every 6 months. Many people burn out and quit after some time and are never back filled, so you'll be expected to take on their workload. Some of my colleagues were working 80 hour work weeks to keep up with the work load and yet told they were not performing well enough. There also wasn't much diversity.

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