Farmers Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I have worked for Farmers for 1 year. It's great working with one of the 3rd largest insurance companies in the US . Had a good experience with everyone in the company related with me, the clients, the team members and the developers at the same time."

"It's a great place to work. People are so helpful and supportive."

"I have enjoyed having my own business, and FARMERs have been very helpful in my development as an agent and business owner."

"A great company to work for! Plenty of opportunities for advancement!"

"It was a very good experience working with farmers."

"Needs company customer services and website development which are not user friendly for the customers. Takes a lot of time in application process. The information technology is ruining the sales process for the agents. Spending more time in submitting and process and frequent organizational changes."

"It's a job, but there is nothing rewarding about it."

What do you like about working at Farmers?

"Flexible hours. There are not any other positives, unless you count that you're not working at McDonald's."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't! Run the other direction! Since Farmers slavishly follows any and all new business trends, they're very big on behavioral based interviews. Sooo, make sure you've brushed up on your BS-ing abilities before you walk in the door."

What don't you like about working at Farmers?

"Everything else. Extremely stressful, boring, repetitive job with claim loads that are not manageable and expectations that are extremely unrealistic. Constantly seeking to implement new ideas and improvements, but never seem to be capable of learning from those ideas that fail - they just keep implementing new things over and over. No communication between departments and even teams within the same department. Pay is significantly less than other insurance companies in the area."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If you truly want to put the customer first then start with your employees."

"I enjoy my current position, but there is no room for growth."

What do you like about working at Farmers?

"I work with catastrophically injured persons, and I find my ability to assist in their care very rewarding."

What don't you like about working at Farmers?

"Every step in the handling of our claims is micro-managed. The environment is very competitive, as there is little room for advancement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Our biggest issue in my office is transparency, so that would be my first suggestion."

"Very enjoyable, family, loved ones, and a lot of fun time."

What do you like about working at Farmers?

"The great training, the learning system in place, continous education, and the great experience in management to gain."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be motivated, demonstrate skills to fit the position, and show strength of a can-do kind of person."

What don't you like about working at Farmers?

"No time off because of the fear of not accomplishing quarterly required production goals including financial sanctions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Clear vision for accomplishing goals, great tools and mechanism for work-activities, promotion of strategic solutions to problem solving and their sustainability with open update possibility to cope with new things to ensure proper focus to reach goals for continuous growth."

What do you like about working at Farmers?

"The original benefit and the business growth initiative to be competitive."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Keep your mind open and willing to work in a very demanding environment."

What don't you like about working at Farmers?

"Changing of the senior management's decrease empowerment toward their team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide better leadership and trust toward their team with clarity of vision."

"Great place to own your own business if you have start-up capital."

What do you like about working at Farmers?

"I was an agency owner, so I was in control of every aspect of my job."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you have money saved up prior to becoming an agent with Farmers."

What don't you like about working at Farmers?

"The support from the company itself regarding the systems the agents had at their disposal."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Implement new computer system to make the job of the agent more efficient."

What do you like about working at Farmers?

"Farmers is a great company to work for. The people are great and the hours don't feel long. Although, in IT we all work long hours."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Very fast pace and require project management skills. Need to be very familiar with Cisco products."

What don't you like about working at Farmers?

"Policy and procedures regarding change control. From experience working at Kaiser there are better ways to reach high availability."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Never depend on vendors. If you have engineers then rely on your engineers or higher engineers you can rely on."

What do you like about working at Farmers?

"The company is very stable and has strong ambitions to grow."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have a large focus on results driven experience and be flexible with your work schedule."

What don't you like about working at Farmers?

"There is a strong emphasis on delivering sales quotas which grays the line between a healthy personal and work balance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on more fun and create social events to help maintain employee morale."