GEICO

I've had some amazing managers and supervisors who have fostered my growth and really tried to understand me and maximize my talent. I have been successful at getting my voice heard and effecting positive change.

The benefits package is hard to beat, especially with tenure, with things like vacation and the 401K.

The company is SUPER stable—no fear of not having a job in the future. People are fun, and they always try to have something going on for people to be active or volunteer in.

While I have been successful at feeling like I get things done and have had great management, I've also experienced the opposite. Teams are shuffled between supervisors, and a focus on reduced support staff gets to the point where it's operating against the principles they try to live by.

Working in regional offices will lead people who require challenge and growth to ceilings where relocation is required, especially in anything IT-related. Workloads can be daunting.

You focus so much on the success of front-line sales, service, and claims staff when they come in the door, but the opportunity, training for future roles and promotion, and the needs of your tenured staff seem to take a back seat priority.

To parrot others, the world is changing. You are limiting yourself by not allowing remote, or even remote-in-office, positions for support staff that could very well execute their jobs better when trusted as adults in a more flexible work situation. The best people for these roles might, ironically, have families or other location needs in those places you deemed fit to open offices based on the employment community.