Started my new job with a major carrier after taking two weeks off to recoup from the shock of being "Affected"....lets just say that within the first 15 minutes of my new "on-boarding", I knew that I made the right decision to opt-out without any hesitation.
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Well, if the point being made is that Systems leadership s---s, I agree. And I don't know any rank and file Systems employees who would disagree, as a general rule.
The reason Systems leadership s---s is that Systems became a dumping ground for claims people who were laid off. Or people laid off from other areas, with no Systems experience.
And at the executive level, the Systems incompetence has been striking.
However, and the rank and file level, there are many good employees there. And the operation in general ran okay for decades. Unlike most other companies I've worked at, State Farm Systems didn't seem like amatuer hour. We didn't spend most of our time putting out fires, like in 90% of other places. And most of our projects accomplished their objectives.
That is, until CDE. Then it all went to hell.
LOL at the guy responding to his own posts to give his anti-systems bias some credibility.
Listen clown, you've had the same schtick for months. Give it up.
You don't know anything about Systems, and you certainly don't have the expertise to compare State Farm's Systems department to that of other companies.
HR laughed at you. Those were your own words.
The Amish post is totally accurate, just doesn’t include names-you know exactly who Is referenced. There is no one at the senior executive level of SF that has any respect for systems, except maybe Fawad. Decades of incompetence has worn thin.
Face it our systems department, and no it is not Enterprise technology, is the Amish of the systems world.
Funny how you couldn't even get a job with the "Amish" of the Systems world.
You failed.
I see the guy who owns this site is making troll posts again.
Face it our systems department, and no it is not Enterprise technology, is the Amish of the systems world. We are so far behind competitors because of our systems incompetence it is frightening. That is why so many of the senior executives have been “asked”to retire or are now in charge of important things like innovation. Also why so many others are now looking for work elsewhere.
life is good at the Farm and our rates are the lowest in the country....lean and mean again
Eat a bowl of d---s.
/Our pathetic systems department has brought this Company to its knees. “Best and brightest” you must live in some fantasyland. Not only have they never had an original thought they do not even have the ability to implement vendor products the rest of the industry uses-Salesforce is just the latest sad example in a long line of systems failures and embarrassments./
Several months ago, the above poster admitted that he held a personal grudge against systems because he was turned down for a Systems job. Apparently, he s---ed so bad at the interview that he was actually laughed at. Making one of the old-school SF HR people laugh is generally hard work, so he must have s---ed spectacularly.
The truth is that Systems was destroyed by the same executive misfires that destroyed claims. Systems for the last 7 years has s---ed, but that was thanks to the executives who brought us CDE.
Prior to that, Systems had inefficiencies (like every other department in State Farm), but by and large it got things done.
As far as the comment that Systems can't implement vendor products --- it's bursting at the seems with vendor products.
Clearly we shouldn't be taking the word of an a--hole who failed a typing test so badly that he was laughed out of the room.
I have a friend that works in the MetLife Operation centers. They too have just recently implemented an EOM type environment (coaching, huddles, metrics) and are outsourcing quite a bit in India. They have closed offices and working crazy OT too. It's the same story different place. Let's agree that no insurance company truly cares about the customer or the employee.
Our pathetic systems department has brought this Company to its knees. “Best and brightest” you must live in some fantasyland. Not only have they never had an original thought they do not even have the ability to implement vendor products the rest of the industry uses-Salesforce is just the latest sad example in a long line of systems failures and embarrassments.
Ymx you are full of baloney. If leadership had listened to their seasoned employees instead of buying vendor c-ap that doesn't work, we could have had some great and efficient systems by now. SF hired some of the brightest IT people i have ever seen and treated then like bellboys. Reap what you sow.
life is good at the Farm and our rates are the lowest in the country....lean and mean again
Have no fear, SF will implement a retirement plan that is "better for the employee". Kind of like PTO, EIP, T2 etc.
Seriously, when was the last time SF implemented something that, no matter how much they told us it benefited the employee, actually benefited the employee? I've only seen benefits and perks vaporize in to thin air. Benefits that were promised when you started are no longer there. Wake up folks, it's only going to get worse.
It’s obivious they don’t want tenure employees anymore, I would like an enhanced 401k match.
Time to freeze Pension and loaded benefits need to get with the mainstream. SF doesn’t want long term employees anymore load up 401k so we can take it with us.
I wouldn’t worry about State Farm things in place to crush competition, need to cut the expenses to much Fat
After 17 years with the Farm, I too am working for a smaller insurance company. While I sometimes miss my old job, I realize the company I used to love does not exist anymore, nor does its competitive advantage. It really became a poorly managed sh-- hole over the past 7 years or so.
I'm not sorry to be gone.
Had lunch today with a friend who is a Met Life agent. This year alone she has written over 500 former State Farm auto policies to Met. Almost all of them mentioned poor claim service at State Farm as the reason for switching. We live in a small town in NY. What the heck is it like in larger cities?
State Farm is losing so much business. I hope this trend slows down. I have many friends that work at the Farm and I fear for their jobs. So sad !