Great company, but Freedom Plus underwriting doesn't have room for growth potential. - Underwriter Achieve Employee Review

4.0
Sep 7, 2017
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Pros

Decent pay, laid back environment. Awesome teammates. No pressure to hit goals and not shackled to my desk. No drama

Cons

No room for promotions, training is lacking, lazy upper management. All of the issues that are brought to their attention is pawned off onto someone else

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Achieve Response
8y
We always appreciate feedback that will provide specific suggestions on how we can continue to improve our workplace. We are always asking our team mates to provide helpful recommendations that we can implement across the Freedom team. Career opportunity is one of our most proud achievements with 40% of open positions filled with internal promotions. Outlined below are some of the specific development opportunities for our FPlus Underwriting team: • Published career development guidelines on how to move up to the next level to a Sr Underwriter. Program launched in 4/2017 and provides a way for UW employees to work with their leaders to meet the next level qualifications. We are pleased with those who are working with their leaders to prepare for the next move up. • Published new hire training materials, enhanced in Q2, 2017 • Weekly team training/calibration on key training initiatives. Team members present to their team mates to develop presentation skills, a key to leadership development, this rotates from member to member. Thank you for the feedback and if you would like to discuss your development further, let’s connect. Linda Luman, Freedom People Leader.

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3.0
May 12, 2026
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Cons

- There's a lack of clear and strategic leadership that leaves job ambiguity, which places the employee at a disadvantage with performance measurement, which is how they award quarterly bonuses. Without clear SMART goals, it becomes a game of bring me a rock, but not that rock. - Towards the end, they were implementing a start-up entrepreneurial mindset style that was leaning away from valuing work/life balance and getting more demanding and desperate in attempts to meet metrics.

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Achieve Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We value all feedback, and we’ll carefully review the areas you mentioned as we work to always GET BETTER by improving the experience for all employees.
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