Posted On: April 25, 2008, 8:57 am CDT

Posted By: Taz

Amen Hey Zeus,

Just this year, I completed 10 years of service with a carrier that used to enjoy a wonderful reputation with their agents for being a great partner. After changes in senior management too numerous to mention, the sole focus has definately become Return On Equity. I know that ROE and Profits are vitally important....but showing too much greed and not enough loyality will burn you in the end. Our "Core Values" have become a complete joke. I blame this largely on the fact that my employer has been hiring too many people from other carriers instead of promoting capable people from within. The people that were brought in knew nothing about our corporate culture, and promptly "trashed it". In our old stucture, there was a lot of promoting from within, which strengthened morale. Now I feel like no matter how hard I work, the only way to get ahead would be to jump ship. I don't work for Liberty Mutual or any of it's subsidiaries....but I do work for a company that has been recently featured prominately with regard to merger actions....I'll let you guess who that is....