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Animal Friends Insurance

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Not the same company - Claims Handler Animal Friends Insurance Employee Review

2.0
Mar 16, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote working Originally great benefits and work life balance Bonus for work after probation if hit targets

Cons

Got taken over by a new company and benefits, responsibilities and management all went downhill. Mental health support lacked and managers had no claim experience yet given senior roles to determine targets and claims handlers ability to assess. Lack of understanding of mental health or neurodivergent people. Managers very pal-y so have no ability to defend their team to higher ups. Pay gap in gender not closed. More male managers. Services offered got worse so customers got worse over calls. Used to be a good company.

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Animal Friends Insurance Response
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Hi, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We value all feedback and learning about our colleagues’ personal experiences as this allows us to gain insight on how we can improve the working environment for everyone at Animal Friends. We’re very sorry to hear about your experience with Animal Friends. Colleague wellbeing is incredibly important to us, and we continually strive to ensure that colleagues feel empowered to raise ideas and provide feedback. Our senior leadership and management teams are encouraged to adopt an open and supportive approach with their peers and colleagues and are always open to how we can make improvements to better support our people. If you would like to talk to us directly about the management issues you have mentioned, please do reach out to our People team via at careers@animalfriends.co.uk. We wish you all the best with your future career and again, thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. Kind regards,

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Cons

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2.0
May 2, 2026
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Pros

Flexible working, WFH/Remote upon request Team members at same level were generally supportive and helpful on a day-to-day basis. Opportunity to gain experience handling a high volume of calls and emails.

Cons

Poor and often inconsistent communication from management across the company. Limited career progression, with advancement not always appearing to be based on experience or performance. Consistently high workload, not just during peak periods as suggested by management. Lack of collaboration between departments, with teams operating in silos rather than working together. Very heavy micro-management, including strict monitoring of metrics such as emails per hour, call duration, hold time, and time spent on post-call notes. Hiring and promotion decisions sometimes appeared to be influenced by personal preference rather than merit. Policies around sickness, dependants leave, and emergency leave felt overly strict, with employees often scrutinised or penalised.

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