So now Leadership is worried about employee turnover because they are realizing it cost more to train and the employees leave afterwards anyway after realizing State Farm is not the employer it used to be. When I first started the company was truly like a family. My co-workers and I welcomed each other like we were family, I even had some from my current and previous departments come to my father’s funeral for support. Now....its like a sweatshop ,we all are burned out from the constant pressure with metrics and the ever changing lies management tells us when it comes to our job scope and what we “shouldnt be” doing vs going out of our scope to be “remarkable”.
Ive only been here 9 years but with all the stress it feels like 29 years. I used to truly laugh at the people who said there is life outside of state farm. It truly is and as much as I hate to say it, there is nothing this company can do to retain employees who take on additional tasks and lead in team meetings when the supervisor is swamped with bull- assignments from the dept director.
The main reason why senior people are leaving now is not just because of the changing culture but I personally know 10 people who got absolutely screwed on their ERP. Dont be fooled folks, this company is playing the long game. First, close all LOC’s. Second, screw the veteran associates who work in the LOC’s with little to no relo reimbursement. Third, revise the severance package as quietly as possible. Last if not least, if the vet employee goes through all the hurdles move and stay with the company expect your performance to be scrutinized to the T. If there is one metric you are not hitting by a tenth of a point you will not even get a 3 now. You will get a 2 (they dont want to give you a 1 for fear of pi- you off) So now your pay rate will not change.