TIAA Employee Reviews
Out of 150 TIAA employee reviews, 70% were positive. The remaining 30% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping TIAA improve their work culture. The Marketing team, with 83% positive reviews, reports the best experience at TIAA compared to all other departments at the company. The IT team offered the most constructive feedback, with 50% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
What do you like best about the leadership team?
The current executive team destroyed the culture of this company.
That they still allow us to work from home.
Always ready for supporting and help
They understand how to lead
They have vision and enable me to execute on that vision with great freedom.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Less hierarchy and more focus on managing and bring your team successes up. Very beauraucratic
Focusing on work not social justice
They need to honest and stop promoting vaporware .
Review from IT Dept
They need to actually underatand the business.
It's astonishing how they've had over ten years to fix the problem within the NC but haven't. Any advice I give is gonna fall on deaf ears, so I won't bother
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Benefits. Pay is below average. Bonus is below average.
Defined Benefit plan, plus matching on 401k and Roth.
My Time and Retirement Plan contribution
Annual Variable comp percentage is fair
Pension plan is good. Rare in the industry.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
Fair compensation for everyone. Executive team is compensated heavily at the cost of employees and participants.
Review from IT Dept
Benefits don't vest at all until the end of your third year, at which it'll vest 100%. Base pay is low, raises are not competitive
Current scorecard metrics do not properly align to company’s strategic visio
if the top execs left the company
What are some of the best things about your team?
Diversity and knowledge amongst some folks is amazing
Resiliency to keep going after leadership failures
Always supportive and always ready to jump in and help when needed. Deep level of expertise.
Teams do their best ieven though they are not valued.
Review from IT Dept
I have a great team, all hard workers and fun to be around.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Cut the bureaucracy and politics.
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
Very positive and supportive. There are no "jerks" working here... any that find there way in get walked out the door very quickly.
Executive team sucks but TIAA employees still believe in the mission
Review from IT Dept
My immediate team included strong talentee performers
Some friendly people. Nice office campus
Overall, friendly atmosphere. People do try to help one another.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Cut the useless meetings. Lots of hours were wasted
We need a new management team at the top.
Strong leadership that trusts employees
Get back to what matters - the customer
Have more flexible IT partners so we can get projects resourced and completed
Review from Marketing Dept
What did you like most about the interview process?
Meeting my manager and team members.
The people I met during the interview.
The people had good questions and shared more information about the company
People were friendly but there were still red flags that I wish I paid attention to.
It was an amicable and no pressure exchange/interaction.
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Decision-making process needs to be sped up and overall process could be more streamlined. Communication could also be improved.
Managers need to actually know what they are looking for
What makes you most happy at work?
The immediate team members are good to work with.
Flexibility, management support and camaraderie with team members.
Being able to help hard working teachers, educatirs abd health care workers.
Being able to work from home
The companys mission of helping teachers
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Keep modernizing and moving away from outdated things.
the have to blow it up to fix it. the model is all wrong
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