Toxic culture with unfair reviews and PIPs - Recensione dipendente - Actuary presso Selective Insurance

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11 mag 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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It depends on your manager. There are good ones who advocate for their subordinates and then there are those who cater to every external demand and pressure their subordinates. In recent years the later group has predominated.

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Imagine being an analyst running statistical models. Imagine having weekly meetings about one's results before a pesky panel of FCAS fellows (yes, the company is bloated at the top too many chiefs). Imagine being the only one doing the actual work while everyone else is just “opining and reviewing” while they are getting paid much more than the person doing the actual work. After months of this, imagine getting a review that states you are meeting expectations (with a measly 2% col increase). Then imagine not 1 week later getting a PIP due to petty reasons e.g. not using a certain format in SQL queries that had nothing to do with functionality. Then imagine getting called into your boss's boss office and having them say you are not meeting expectations with a cross eyed look on their face. Should you trust a company like that? Imagine no more, this actually happened. Not only that but they told unemployment that the firing was due to “insubordination” and not due to lack of meeting expectations. Then I learned that 6 months later they are moving their headquarters from Branchville to short hills leaving long tenured employees behind in order to fulfill diversity goals. My advice would be to suck it up, and save and invest every penny, so when this happens you can… how do I say this nicely…well, that you can imagine, but I made Brittany Pietsch look like a peach. As one can see, this is not sour grapes as I was already considering retirement (yes I FIRE and got out by mid 40s baby), but is a warning to others. I have since returned to pure math research - mathematical model theory - and could run circles around their cheesey math knowledge. Basically they just look everything up via AI and make their exhibits look cute with python but lack real understanding, common sense, and respect for workloads and peoples time.

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5,0
17 apr 2026
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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Strong but difficult leadership during transformation.

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Relocation causing some some concern

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1,0
26 mag 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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Decent benefits and decent coworkers

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Working at Selective was a toxic work environment shaped by favoritism, excessive workload expectations, and poor boundaries around employee availability. Management often applied expectations unevenly, which created a lack of fairness and accountability. High performance did not always seem to be the primary factor in decision-making, which undermined trust in leadership. There was also a strong “big fish, small pond” dynamic, where internal status and informal influence often carried more weight than actual performance or collaboration. This contributed to a highly political environment where trust between colleagues was limited and information did not always feel safe to share openly. Employees were expected to be available far beyond normal working hours, creating an unsustainable “always on” culture with no real work-life balance. The workload was consistently too high for the compensation provided. Internal politics further interfered with day-to-day work and made collaboration more difficult than it needed to be. In practice, this environment often encouraged self-preservation over teamwork, which made it difficult to build trust or rely on others consistently. Overall, the environment was not structured in a way that supported long-term employee wellbeing or retention. This is not a workplace that supports a healthy work-life balance. For me, the experience felt unsustainable, and over time it became clear that the environment was not conducive to long-term growth or wellbeing.

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