Most Horrible Job I Ever Had!! - Anonymous employee GEICO Employee Review

1.0
May 29, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Getting Paid! The slightly higher pay is meant to entice you into staying in this VERY negative environment.

Cons

This company is so stressful that they have to offer a higher pay to keep employees. While in training, our class realized that the turnover rate is 75 to 80%!! Some of the employees that were still there had classes with 10 - 12 people and only 2 or 3 were still there (after 1 year). There were "coaches" that were so 'power' hungry and controlling that it was ridiculous. And then these same coaches were actually promoted to Supervisors!! They were constantly gossiping about each other and even overheard to gossip about some new employees in our class! This company is mostly younger people and when you look at the mix, they only hire one 'token' 'older person' in each new class. Maybe if they valued 'experience' and looked for the benefit of older employees, they wouldn't have such high turnover. After only 4 mths at the company, my class of 12 had 5 people leave! One young lady ended up breaking down and crying because of the extreme pressure put on her! It seems that "training" is Geico's 2nd largest business, next to insurance. The middle management unfortunately work the day shift and no one is "watching the roost" at evening or night shifts. The 'coaches' are like a high school clique , they are lazy and they do not in any way enhance or add to the business.

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5.0
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Pros

GEICO is one of the largest employers in my smaller town, so I've heard all the good, the bad, and the ugly. What a pleasant surprise it's been working here! There is so much intentional change to create a great employee experience and get the right team leaders in place. Highly recommend not putting too much weight into older negative comments if you're thinking about applying. I've been very happy with my salary, the benefits/time off, culture, and leadership (both locally and senior leaders). I feel like there's a lot of room to continue to grow my career here and I see the same opportunities for others.

Cons

Really nothing major that I can think of!

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Interesting problems to work on. Good benefits. Decent pay.

Cons

Managers will gaslight you and upper leadership is constantly changing, so expect projects you're working on to be thrown out every 6 months. Many people burn out and quit after some time and are never back filled, so you'll be expected to take on their workload. Some of my colleagues were working 80 hour work weeks to keep up with the work load and yet told they were not performing well enough. There also wasn't much diversity.

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