Q&A With Transamerica Retirement Solutions Employees

Unheard of I know of perhaps 5 in 17 years unless you were hired as a service rep in a call center

Very hard, expect 50 to 60 hours of work in most of work in all but administrative and entry level positions

It's fairly rewarding in terms of volume serviced. The product I service is a very complicate one

Pretty good I am autonomous, my clients are happy, I do what management asks of me and we do a fairly good job. My team is awesome

Non existent

Move to Cedar Rapids, Tampa or Denver and be willing to be slightly under paid

The people and a competent middle management, great clients for the most part. Best in industry consulting, service managers and client executives

Short term out look 5 years is good, 10 to 15 marginal and 20+ not great if things don't change.

It depends, sales guys travel a bit and don't seem all that hard working, operations seems to work hard and not smart but in the consulting job I have. I have 50 to 60 hours of real work and analysis to do every week

No challenge for me with 35 years exp in industry. I ran my own TPA admin firm before I came in the door. My management is challenged in the area of client service as a result they have a difficult time understanding the profitability models. they are spending tons of money to automate a business line that is in compression and will eventually dry up. Its short sided thought process!

Standard stuff, a knowledge check might be useful especially when hiring at the Dir and VP level

No idea its been 17 years since I interviewed

The truth is after 17 years you need to be rich when you get here like I was. I have never seen a place with less difficulty for advancement and more layers of management who really seem to not be experts in their given subject matter. The truth is after 17 years you need to be rich when you get here like I was. I have never seen a place with more difficulty for advancement and more layers of grossly overpaid management who really seem to not be experts in their given subject matter. It’s not their fault no young people want to get evolved with any of the products that Transamerica provides, traditional insurance, life whole life, please that combined with a small traditional pension business on the retirement side, dinosaurs, business in compression. People who think like dinosaurs are the ones who move up. If they are in business in 25 years I would be surprised they are owned by a Dutch Company who has the 1st Shilling they ever made. Stay away! Find a progressive company!

New infrastructure needed its antiquated

New Management and an infusion of capital

Everything, parent company AEGON is a dutch company with 1st gilder they ever made. TRS can't recover as long as they are connected to them