Huge potential -- wasted! Being run as if it's a public utility prevents T-C from exceling. - Manager TIAA Employee Review

3.0
Feb 15, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

TIAA-CREF has good pay and great benefits.

Cons

TIAA-CREF senior management is too pre-occupied with internal empire building instead of turing the company into the Financial Services giant it aspires to be. The company also focuses too much on "diversity" at the expense of qualifications.

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5.0
Jun 14, 2026
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Pros

Great work life balance, good benefits, decent pay, ease of running your own practice as an “advisor”, and healthy work environment

Cons

Management styles can vary and affect your experience, upper management doesn’t seem to be well equipped to ensure the organization’s success but it is resilient nonetheless.

2.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation is great for advisors once they are promoted to VP. Everyone else has to wait a year and hope for a good rating that's more of a game than merit based

Cons

Woke culture, reverse discrimination, very frustrating to do business with as a client

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