Working at Mercury Insurance Group in Brea, CA: 15 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Brea, CA Area

"This is a great place to work. Good team members, supervisor and just an overall great place to a a part of. I highly recommend this company. I would love to go back!"

"My overall experience so far was good."

"I've been working in mercury insurance for past 1 year but since I'm a contractor, I 'm looking for full time opportunities."

"Great company with a family first attitude. Inceedibly approachable leadership. Good compensation and good benefits. Established in 1961 and helped transform the California insurance industry. Would recommend this company."

"I've worked for Mercury for over a decade and have seen its steady decline. The once-family friendly, 'for-the-employee' based company has now made the non-executive employees simply a number. Salaries are being lowered and capped, pay scales are being vastly reduced, and yet work output is at an all time high. Within a matter of months, the company has changed all major systems, claims, payroll, review structures etc and still continues to harp on numbers, saying that not enough is being done by the employee and management. Since the founder stepped down, Mercury has fallen into a pit of stress-leave cases and resignations. The company refuses to acknowledge the facts and states these employees were "disgruntled". 10 years ago I would have said YES Mercury is a great place to work, they really do take care of their employees and customers, but now, I would say for your own sanity and health, keep looking elsewhere. The downward spiral Mercury has been in the last several years is not even close to being over."

"Great place to work with a great Christmas bonus and a great team."

"Mercury has several very old applications that are due to retire. The company is not looking to expand its core business outside its auto and homeowner business for a few more years. Mercury is very frugal company."

"I have been a contractor at Mercury over 4 years. Four years is a long term for a contractor to stay in any given company."

"It was a position I enjoyed, so I can't think of any real complaints I would have besides the fact that it was a temporary position."

"I was asked to do more financial analysis and SOX audit prep than writing."

What do you like about working at Mercury Insurance Group?

"It was interesting to see IT operations at an aggressive modern insurance firm."

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

"Keep in mind that insurance is a contractual for-profit agreement, not a philanthropic one."

What don't you like about working at Mercury Insurance Group?

"Critical information could be difficult to track down through the hierarchy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Greater emphasis on ethical practices would improve the company's reputation."

What do you like about working at Mercury Insurance Group?

"Close commute, great co-workers and diverse atmosphere throughout the entire company."

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

"Review Windows and Linux/Unix/AIX operating systems in Agile and traditional implementation schedules."

What don't you like about working at Mercury Insurance Group?

"Aged technological infrastructure and limited resources available need upgrading to support today's high resource applications."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Retain more of the contractors that have in-depth knowledge of the systems."

"Get ready to multI task 4 or 5 projects at one time."

What do you like about working at Mercury Insurance Group?

"Environment and the people."

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

"Be prepared to take a do I think like Mercury test."

What don't you like about working at Mercury Insurance Group?

"Managers had a tendancy to run over each other and often argued over dedicated programmers. Left hand needs to know what the right hand is doing. Simple communications would be a plus."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Obtain software system to track programmer availability."

What do you like about working at Mercury Insurance Group?

"I enjoyed the people and the stability of the company."

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

"Be prepared"

What don't you like about working at Mercury Insurance Group?

"I really didn't have any dislikes."