Insurance provider State Farm plans to lay off 136 employees at its Earth City operations, according to a notice the company sent to the state of Missouri... — read more
H-1B visa legality after wave 2
I have absolutely nothing against people here working on H-1B visas. I’ve known many great people over the years. How is it legal though for me and other citizens to lose our jobs in ET wave 2 when there are H-1B workers doing the exact same jobs... — read more
New Business Strategy
Is apparently to go out of business. Watching it fall apart in not fun.
COBRA
Hello. I’m an employee in a doomed office. It’s been over a year but no official QTD. I got an form in the mail to confirm my eligibility for COBRA benefits. Am I paranoid or did everyone get this?
ET wave 2
Is there any idea how many from ET we’re offered positions that require relocation?
Mid-Senior Leadership Impacts
Given senior leadership decisions were a critical factor in the outcomes and performance of the company - how many analysts can they remove before they re-address the severely overdue senior cuts needed across the company? A very small percentage of... — read more
Heavy news
Wave 2 employee here. Kept my job and am moving as are a few of my colleagues. Others were laid off in my area. Mixed bag and mixed emotions in IT. Lots of armed security. Heavy news being delivered to a lot of people today.
Wave 2 info if you missed it
QTD date is 8/31 Involuntary severance is available If you get a job in another location you must decide by 7/5, move there by 8/8. 12 month incumbency for people with new jobs
Is something happening today?
What did I miss?
How many people are impacted in Wave 2?
Any idea how many people remain in Wave 2 that didn’t get Wave 1 positions?
Good Luck to all of ET Wave 2
I wanted to post this today as I have seen a lot of what I would call "Non State Farm" way attitudes on here lately. A lot of this attitude is the real reason why we are falling short as a company, that is not how we started and not how we became the... — read more
Automation and Arificial Intellignece
Play 2020 - if you haven't heard about SF"s plans to automate work and introduce artificial intelligence to replace human labor you may want to inquire about it a bit. Ask about how many job positions SF is planning to eliminate (a ton) and what... — read more
L&D
Leadership in many areas are being selected to get jobs that analysts or claim reps were determined not to deserve. In L&D after first not being selected for leadership jobs, these same leaders interviewed against analysts who had not originally been... — read more
What in the world happened?
I read some of these posts and especially some of the replies and wonder what exactly has happened. When did people who have no empathy or sympathy for others become a viable SF employee. SF used to be an employer of choice. Now they (and by they, I... — read more
Tomorrow’s news
I received a meeting invite for tomorrow but it’s with another manager not the one I report to. Trying not to read into it too much but figure it’s bad news and my real manager doesn’t want to deliver the bad news. Of course they are saying they are... — read more
ET Wave 2 All Hands 10AM Tuesday
Suspect it'll be the same no-news babble we get every time they pull this many people together, but I'm glad people will finally know their fate this week. Assuming the 1x1 meetings will start Wednesday. Good luck to those affected! Can't wait for... — read more
People still working at State Farm - What are you going through? Requirements? Work conditions?
People still working at State Farm - What are you going through? Requirements? Work conditions? How are you doing? What time frames are you being told? How many people have left your area? Did they retire? Transfer? Quit? Or, just disappear? How old... — read more
State Farm moving Headquarters 2021
Looks like most of legal is headed deep in the heart of Texas. Executives will do the same by 2021. Next year expect more waves to be implemented. The plan is to have a skeleton staff here in Bloomington within the next 4 years mostly claims and the... — read more
Claims TMs demoted?
Anyone have info on the TMs in claims that just got demoted to specialists? Is this real or fake news?
QTD Date -ET Wave 2
Anyone here yet what the date is?
No references for impacted employees?
I am an impacted Proximity employee with a QTD date of 7/31/18. I declined an unreasonable offer and am in the process of searching for new employment. I reached out to a team manager for a reference and was advised that while he would normally... — read more
One Property of Excellence: One Team, One Voice
We are asking you to embrace the opportunity to support our One Property culture as you hear more about how we address these challenges. The usual something is coming email... what’s this all about? Hearing changes to the property claims structure?
890 losing their jobs?
Some people from overstaffed roles found positions in understaffed/maintain roles. My question is...Does State Farm still want 890 people to walk out the door in Bloomington, or has that number been reduced?
890 losing their jobs?
Some people from overstaffed roles found positions in understaffed/maintain roles. My question is...Does State Farm still want 890 people to walk out the door in Bloomington, or has that number been reduced?
Changes outside of Systems
Curious to know if there are layoffs/restructuring happening much outside of the systems function. Perhaps at Corporate, such as Finance, Investments, P&C, Marketing, etc.
ET Manager Wave 2 Meeting Is Thursday At 10am
Here we go.....
State Farm is a joke
I made a decision to leave and I'm so glad I did. There is no future at State Farm. With everything that's been going on here lately, I can't understand why anybody would actually want to stay here unless they really, really didn't have a choice... — read more
Go to college then work for the Farm
I was hired 19 years ago into auto claims and into fire then NatCat handling both at the MA (then RB and now RA) and MG levels. We saw the future of "specialization" coming when ACC and FCC started then CCS-J and CCS-D. It has been horrible for the... — read more
State Farm management changes 2018 and 2019
Do you think we'll be able to see any major management changes here at State Farm in 2019 or this year? If yes, what do you expect to see?
The much bigger picture
30 years on the Farm, in a number of roles. My role is in just as much jeopardy as anyone else’s, and I don’t claim to like that. But all of this change isn’t about State Farm reducing expenses, or eliminating jobs, or carrying out a purge or... — read more
Team environment but held individually accountable...
Is it just me who finds team environment in claims to be a non sense? If they have us handling claims in team environment how much control do I have as an individual only touching a claim once? Some claims are such a mess that only a SM can turn them... — read more
Employee Opinion Survey?
Does it exist anymore? I haven't received one in a couple of years. I have been thinking about the questions on there related to communication from upper management. I would answer those different now than I used to.....
How was your layoff handled?
I am starting to get some closure now. My usually-nice and complimentary managers seemed suddenly mean in the layoff meeting. No "you did a good job, sorry about this" or anything. Maybe HR gave them a script and told them to act harsh? If you got... — read more
Considering a career at State Farm?
21 very productive years in the northeast zone. Then I moved to the Dallas OC . I was exposed to a pitiful display of mismanagement. Micro management is an understatement, the atmosphere is akin to a sweatshop mentality. These representatives are... — read more
What happens to you if you leave before 55
Please let me know if I am wrong on this. If you leave for whatever reason before age 55 you: Keep your 401k and can leave it with the Farm or move it. If you are vested in the retirement plan you keep your accrued pension benefits but can not claim... — read more
Low Resource Staffing
Anyone noticing major issues due to lower staffing levels - I work in Express claims for 14 states and I know that some groups lost many people. The amount of work is the same. How can this be sustained without causing issues on the business side... — read more
State Farm Agency not like it used to be
As a State Farm Agent in GA, I can't believe what's happening with this company. Steady rate increases on auto, no more LTC, confusion on the mutual funds line, lack of support from leadership, etc. It seems all the VPA's and Sales Leaders want to do... — read more
SWAP BOARD
Does anyone know about the future for the swap board in the call centers? I have a bad feeling this might be taken away or have a lot of restrictions soon.
Severance
Are impacted PLUP locations receiving severance?