Thread regarding State Farm Insurance layoffs

I left after 30 years. So much happier. A lot of carriers hiring

@1mst+1evd0p1v- definitely not in claims or underwriting. Must have one of those do nothing jobs.

@1sws, I went to work for a State's Department of Insurance. Basically a government job investigating licensees such as insurance agents, public adjusters, and bail bond agents who commit violations or crimes such as fraud, theft/burglary, embezzlement, forgery, money laundering, and elderly abuse. The DOI likes to hire people with insurance claims investigation background. Over the years, I have seen claim reps leaving SF for the following positions: claim rep for other carriers, Department of Insurance, Public Adjuster or working for a PA firm, claim rep for a Third Party Administrator company handling Uber/Lift claims, Case Manager for law firms handling BI or PD claims, Product Liability claims handler for a company making fire sprinkler system parts, claims rep for public utility companies like PG&E or Edison, claims rep for a city or county when government employees damage property during the course of their employment. Some people were in SF marketing left to go work for advertising agencies or marketing departments for a large cosmetic company.
OP, don't get discouraged. Keep networking and applying and you will find something better.

I LOVE State Farm

@1vpr- where did you go?

... Looking back, I wished I would have left sooner. The toxic working environment has affected me physically and mentally. I buckled down and gave myself a 3-year escape plan. I paid off my house, zeroed out any and all debts, hoarded some emergency cash. After all the ducks were lined up, I left SF without any pressure or regrets. I was very fortunate to have landed a higher paying career, no out of pocket medical benefits, better pension, but above all no longer feeling the constant browse beatings. To my pleasant surprise, I'm being valued instead of feeling no matter what or how much I did were never enough for SF. Go out there and test the job market water, you may be pleasantly surprised that SF is not the bee's knees or the only game in town. One of the guy I know was making $80K as a Fire large loss CS, he went to Chubbs doing the same thing for $120K with less stress. ALL of the people I know that left SF landed on their feet just fine and are doing better, that goes to show you that there isn't a whole lot of risk leaving this dumpster fire.

Keep looking and networking to find a new job/career. It is easy to marginalize the damage while being in the boiling frog effect. SF miscalculated, during the beginning of the pandemic, they thought it was going to be be an Employer's job market. Obviously, the SF geniuses were wrong - the country is going through a tight labor market couple within The Great Resignation era. The country's workforce is going through a rotation, people are finding betting paying jobs by laddering their career. Don't sell yourself short. With the rise in minimum wage, SF would have to compete with Fast Food chains and Retailers for workers because who wants to work in a boiler room call center for close to minimum wage. SF is gonna do what they are gonna do, all the BS have bee addressed on this site already. At this point, all you can do is strategically do what is best for you and your family. Loyalty is dead, take care of yourself.

I've been gone awhile. I worked at a hub. Still having frequent nightmares about the insane expectations. I'm sure it's much worse now.

Retirement is awesome for those who lived within their means while they worked. For example: No student loans, no credit card balances, no seconds on the mortgage, no divorces, no alcohol or dr-g abuse issues, happily married, and didn't try to "fit in." Yes! I truly feel sorry for the workers today. Sadly, I believe they are being abused by the "all about me" crowd.

Agreed. I've been looking but striking out so far. What wonderful, transferable skills I picked up here. /S