A short progression from distinctive to commonplace - heading in the wrong direction - Anonymous employee TIAA Employee Review

3.0
Jan 9, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The clients are the best reason to work at TIAA CREF

Cons

On the one hand, leadership would like our company to be distinctive from other financial service firms but at the same time, all of the policies and changes, particulary those in HR, seem to be aimed at making us the same as everyone else.

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