Yeah, good luck Pete. You have quite an employee problem:
stay away
Insurance Adjuster (Former Employee), Westford, MA – January 27, 2014
Pros: small office
Cons: high stress
micro managers. they a
Terrible management and office politics!
CLAIMS ADJUSTER (Former Employee), SALEM OREGON – January 21, 2014
Pros: co-workers
Cons: management
The only thing that will keep you sane working for sentry, are your co-workers!
This place is the bottom of the barrel for insurance companies. You have to be okay with being micro
managed, put down, over worked, under paid, and stealing and lying to your insured’s to make the
company a penny. The management, especially at the Salem oregon office is completely inept!
Management targets employees, especially if they are deemed a threat to their own advancement, there
is racism that goes unchecked all over the office and management spends more time gossiping about the
employees than working. Your co-worked will be more knowledgable than your managers, and you will be
expected to work weekends, and sometimes well into the night for a “closing party” to close as many
claims as possible at the end of each month. This place was so stressful, my hair was falling out! You’re
better off applying to kemper claims, sentry is a JOKE
re more concerned with adjusters completing administrative screens than settling cases. EXTREMELY
high stress. pay is terrible. they are based in WI and think everyone should be paid based on WI standard
of living.
Terrible Work/Life Balance
Workers Compensation Claim Adjuster (Former Employee), Scottsdale, AZ – October 21, 2013
Pros: excellent pay
Cons: management / company as a whole
Company isn’t employee friendly, micromanaged from Stevens Point, WI
All about numbers
Contradiction
Support Technician (Former Employee), Stevens Point, WI – September 13, 2013
Pros: decent pay
Cons: not enough work to do; inconsistencies
Thought I made a good career choice, and enjoyed my time for the most part. My supervisor was okay,
but the others would not give you the time of day and seemed elitest. Can be very cliquey, and the people
who should have been reprimanded for behavior or attutdes had seniority or were tenured. I was
blindsided, let go for being “underqualified”, yet was never given a chance to become qualified. Kept
someone who had no experience (just had a better college degree) over myself with experience in the
area. Think long and hard about going here.
this place was bad
Customer Care Agent (Former Employee), Freeport, IL – May 19, 2013
Pros: free coffee and hot chocolate
Cons: everything
On an average day you would take anywhere between 100 to 130 calls. the management sucked. ( esp if
you had an ice queen as your boss ) your co workers kept you sane ( if you didnt have to sit by the older
ones ) other than that, you were just a underpaid over worked insurance agent.
Horrible company- do not value people
Application Developer (Current Employee), Stevens Point WI – April 20, 2013
Pros: great company to leave for greener pastures- looking now
Cons: name it.
The management is nothing but a group of elitist snobs who protect each other, even when one of theirs
is incompetent. Top heavy upper management, all VP’s and Directors who spend their days beating down
the underlings. Insurance offered to employees under an imaginary discount is twice the price the
employees can get it elsewhere for full price. People are leaving every day- company culture is to hide
their departing.
Terrible place to work a few years back
Finance Specialist (Former Employee), Stevens Point, WI – March 21, 2013
Pros: generous 401k matching
Cons: really bad health insurance
I worked at Sentry for 3 years and initially was very impressed but came to realize how dysfunctional the
company truly was. When I first joined, the company seemed to embrace me and what I had to offer. This
changed radically as they attempted to downsize and many very good people got caught in the crossfire
and were let go. People that had worked there 20+ years were released and escorted out of the building
leaving fewer of us to still perform the same amount of work.
worst place ever to work!! would never recommend this office
Product support (Former Employee), Freeport IL – March 20, 2013
Cons: everything
No matter what you do management is never happy. They ride your butt daily while coworkers they do
like can do what ever they want and get away with it. Supervisors and upper management will talk very
nasty to you and threaten you that they will walk you out the door. You have to work through your breaks
and lunch to meet their expectations and then that’s not good enough. Couldn’t wait to get out of there so
glad I am!
Watch out after the honeymoon phase
Claims Adjuster (Former Employee), Irvine, CA – November 10, 2012
Pros: you will appreciate a professional work environment.
Cons: company values and work ethic
When you are new – management is full of compliments- Management goes with the strengths of the
employee- if you are a hard efficient worker you will get more than your fair share of work, while the select
few BS around the office. If you question anything the thumbs come done on you. Do not use the open
door policy. Management is not ashamed to make up/skew incidents to process anyone out. Good newsif
you sign on the dotted line – they will not fight your unemployment benefits. If you just want to come in
on time, do your job to the best of your ability, avoid malicious gossip, and go home to live your life-
Sentry is not the place for you. If you like to meander in, talk trash about your co-workers, play golf, and
complain about how over worked you are and not produce-then you will thrive with this attitude….
Slave driver
Safety Consultant (Current Employee), Atlanta, GA – August 22, 2012
Cons: management
Because of cut down sizing, this company has went through a lot of cut backs over the past few years.
This has caused the remaining employees to have to drive further and work harder to try and cover the
same area. Between ever increasing demand from the management staff and having to answer questions
from the dim whited Underwriters, the field staff are not able to service the customers.
The management has slowly driven off or fired most of the minorities in the south eastern regain. There is
not a single person on the Dealer team that is not a White Male, and the new Business product manager
has eliminated the 2 non-whites and 4 of the 6 women on his team over the past year.
They have multiple active and inactive EEOC claims, and as long as they keep the same management
they will continue to have more in the future
I loved working at Sentry. I was very proud to work there but was fired because of “job elimination”. I have been very successful here at my new employer…..was promoted to Property Specialist. I handle all the $200k plus commercial fire losses.
I work with several ex-Sentry employees. We are all doing very well…..all have been promoted, some several times.
Company is changing direction, and not in a good way. Without warning they ripped apart over 300 households ( employees ) by termination. some of us are still trying to cope. All of us poured our hearts out for this company and got nothing in return. On a positive note, anything south of management it was a pleasure to work there.
We did a job in Florida for someone named Howard Candie to contact a Sentry client and Howard refuses to pay the $75.00 invoice. If they dont have $75.00 what kind of future is that???? Can anyone in Sentry help us? We are a small business taken advantage of by the big guys!!!!
Go Pete Go! Congrats.
Yeah, good luck Pete. You have quite an employee problem:
stay away
Insurance Adjuster (Former Employee), Westford, MA – January 27, 2014
Pros: small office
Cons: high stress
micro managers. they a
Terrible management and office politics!
CLAIMS ADJUSTER (Former Employee), SALEM OREGON – January 21, 2014
Pros: co-workers
Cons: management
The only thing that will keep you sane working for sentry, are your co-workers!
This place is the bottom of the barrel for insurance companies. You have to be okay with being micro
managed, put down, over worked, under paid, and stealing and lying to your insured’s to make the
company a penny. The management, especially at the Salem oregon office is completely inept!
Management targets employees, especially if they are deemed a threat to their own advancement, there
is racism that goes unchecked all over the office and management spends more time gossiping about the
employees than working. Your co-worked will be more knowledgable than your managers, and you will be
expected to work weekends, and sometimes well into the night for a “closing party” to close as many
claims as possible at the end of each month. This place was so stressful, my hair was falling out! You’re
better off applying to kemper claims, sentry is a JOKE
re more concerned with adjusters completing administrative screens than settling cases. EXTREMELY
high stress. pay is terrible. they are based in WI and think everyone should be paid based on WI standard
of living.
Terrible Work/Life Balance
Workers Compensation Claim Adjuster (Former Employee), Scottsdale, AZ – October 21, 2013
Pros: excellent pay
Cons: management / company as a whole
Company isn’t employee friendly, micromanaged from Stevens Point, WI
All about numbers
Contradiction
Support Technician (Former Employee), Stevens Point, WI – September 13, 2013
Pros: decent pay
Cons: not enough work to do; inconsistencies
Thought I made a good career choice, and enjoyed my time for the most part. My supervisor was okay,
but the others would not give you the time of day and seemed elitest. Can be very cliquey, and the people
who should have been reprimanded for behavior or attutdes had seniority or were tenured. I was
blindsided, let go for being “underqualified”, yet was never given a chance to become qualified. Kept
someone who had no experience (just had a better college degree) over myself with experience in the
area. Think long and hard about going here.
this place was bad
Customer Care Agent (Former Employee), Freeport, IL – May 19, 2013
Pros: free coffee and hot chocolate
Cons: everything
On an average day you would take anywhere between 100 to 130 calls. the management sucked. ( esp if
you had an ice queen as your boss ) your co workers kept you sane ( if you didnt have to sit by the older
ones ) other than that, you were just a underpaid over worked insurance agent.
Horrible company- do not value people
Application Developer (Current Employee), Stevens Point WI – April 20, 2013
Pros: great company to leave for greener pastures- looking now
Cons: name it.
The management is nothing but a group of elitist snobs who protect each other, even when one of theirs
is incompetent. Top heavy upper management, all VP’s and Directors who spend their days beating down
the underlings. Insurance offered to employees under an imaginary discount is twice the price the
employees can get it elsewhere for full price. People are leaving every day- company culture is to hide
their departing.
Terrible place to work a few years back
Finance Specialist (Former Employee), Stevens Point, WI – March 21, 2013
Pros: generous 401k matching
Cons: really bad health insurance
I worked at Sentry for 3 years and initially was very impressed but came to realize how dysfunctional the
company truly was. When I first joined, the company seemed to embrace me and what I had to offer. This
changed radically as they attempted to downsize and many very good people got caught in the crossfire
and were let go. People that had worked there 20+ years were released and escorted out of the building
leaving fewer of us to still perform the same amount of work.
worst place ever to work!! would never recommend this office
Product support (Former Employee), Freeport IL – March 20, 2013
Cons: everything
No matter what you do management is never happy. They ride your butt daily while coworkers they do
like can do what ever they want and get away with it. Supervisors and upper management will talk very
nasty to you and threaten you that they will walk you out the door. You have to work through your breaks
and lunch to meet their expectations and then that’s not good enough. Couldn’t wait to get out of there so
glad I am!
Watch out after the honeymoon phase
Claims Adjuster (Former Employee), Irvine, CA – November 10, 2012
Pros: you will appreciate a professional work environment.
Cons: company values and work ethic
When you are new – management is full of compliments- Management goes with the strengths of the
employee- if you are a hard efficient worker you will get more than your fair share of work, while the select
few BS around the office. If you question anything the thumbs come done on you. Do not use the open
door policy. Management is not ashamed to make up/skew incidents to process anyone out. Good newsif
you sign on the dotted line – they will not fight your unemployment benefits. If you just want to come in
on time, do your job to the best of your ability, avoid malicious gossip, and go home to live your life-
Sentry is not the place for you. If you like to meander in, talk trash about your co-workers, play golf, and
complain about how over worked you are and not produce-then you will thrive with this attitude….
Slave driver
Safety Consultant (Current Employee), Atlanta, GA – August 22, 2012
Cons: management
Because of cut down sizing, this company has went through a lot of cut backs over the past few years.
This has caused the remaining employees to have to drive further and work harder to try and cover the
same area. Between ever increasing demand from the management staff and having to answer questions
from the dim whited Underwriters, the field staff are not able to service the customers.
The management has slowly driven off or fired most of the minorities in the south eastern regain. There is
not a single person on the Dealer team that is not a White Male, and the new Business product manager
has eliminated the 2 non-whites and 4 of the 6 women on his team over the past year.
They have multiple active and inactive EEOC claims, and as long as they keep the same management
they will continue to have more in the future
I loved working at Sentry. I was very proud to work there but was fired because of “job elimination”. I have been very successful here at my new employer…..was promoted to Property Specialist. I handle all the $200k plus commercial fire losses.
I work with several ex-Sentry employees. We are all doing very well…..all have been promoted, some several times.
Sorry I’m so sour. Sentry had been good to me.
Company is changing direction, and not in a good way. Without warning they ripped apart over 300 households ( employees ) by termination. some of us are still trying to cope. All of us poured our hearts out for this company and got nothing in return. On a positive note, anything south of management it was a pleasure to work there.
We did a job in Florida for someone named Howard Candie to contact a Sentry client and Howard refuses to pay the $75.00 invoice. If they dont have $75.00 what kind of future is that???? Can anyone in Sentry help us? We are a small business taken advantage of by the big guys!!!!