Used To Be Very Good, Not So Much Now - Senior Project Manager Allianz Employee Review

2.0
Dec 7, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Quite a bit of training available, especially in your first year. Good support if you have children in the Covid climate. Other areas still have a very good reputation, Can lead to early promotion, if you are willing to toe the departmental line. Some really nice people still work there, but a lot have left over the last year. Mostly good on work life balance, but a deaf ear is shown to those who complain of too much work.

Cons

Management in Project Management space has become very poor since a reorganisation in July 2019. If you are not totally onboard cheerleader for management, you will not fit in. No dissenting voices are allowed. No questioning of process is allowed, you must just follow it (and cheer whilst doing so). Annual reviews based on management opinion, not on any feedback you get from people you work with. The Allianz Way has been gradually lost over the last five years or so and massively changed over the last 18 months in the Change area. The company used to be absolutely great to work at.

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Good benefits, hybrid work arrangement is flexible (you can choose your 3 days in office)

Cons

Tenure and friendship is valued more than actual skillsets. Many people in Ops have no formal college education or true technical skills, and have been complacent in the dept for 10+ years. This leads to inefficient and stale processes that are reluctant to change. The culture is extremely passive aggressive and long-tenured employees are not welcoming to new hires from outside of the organization. People will go out of their way to sabotage opportunities for those offering new perspectives with greater value add. This causes forced interactions with low value collaboration. Many in analytical roles do not even understand basic Microsoft Office skills, Excel functions, V/XLOOKUPS, etc. and data is often reviewed manually per line item… This company is run like a low budget mom and pop shop where inefficient and backwards practices are toxically in circulation.

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