GEICO

Great place for a developer looking to retire within the next 10 or so years. You can easily get away with doing virtually nothing because no one there knows how an actual IT company operates.

It's not a real IT company. The executives will push that they are, like propaganda. They only promote from within, so it's just a hodgepodge of groupthink. The CIO, who is responsible for IT, has zero background knowledge in... IT. He's a lawyer that started in the mailroom, not even kidding. You don't actually gain any knowledge on how to write code or be a better developer. You don't need a college degree to work in their codebase. If you're looking to grow your career, stay away from Geico. You will get complacent because of how easy it is. Their pay isn't great and the benefits are even worse. Only just recently, in Q4 of 2019, did they think that they should offer maternity leave. Yes, a 70+ year old supposed IT company only recently thought it prudent to give benefits to new mothers. Oh, but fathers still get nothing; you'll have to use vacation. Speaking of vacation, two weeks of vacation to start is substandard and only six holidays a year. Six years for 100% 401k vesting is absolute garbage. Profit sharing is a percentage of your salary, which can range from 15% - 25% historically. That doesn't sound too bad until you realize that the first 10% is their way of "matching" 401k and the rest is a cash payout. And when you consider the below-average salary, it's not that great of a benefit. Do yourself a favor and stay away.

If you truly want to be able to compete with modern IT companies, you need to be able to see the writing on the wall.

Competitive benefits, pay, and a real vision for the future are necessary, especially when self-driving cars obsolete your current business model.