On a downward spiral with no end in sight - Anonymous employee TIAA Employee Review

2.0
Apr 2, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pension contributions and 401k match, generous time off for maternity/paternity leave

Cons

Extreme, crushing micromanagement; mass layoff of remote workforce under the guise of “collaboration” and now defunct work from home program; nepotism and politics abound; unlimited PTO, which is nothing more than a cost-cutting maneuver to avoid accrued payouts when people leave; questionable “leaders” haphazardly firing long tenured employees; incessant re-orgs; tyrannical CFO along with other new “leaders”; shrinking bonuses and pay increases; unrelenting and unwelcome changes

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