Pie Insurance reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(160 total reviews)
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John Swigart

62% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Pie Insurance has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 160 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pie Insurance employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.5 stars).

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160 reviews
2.0
Sep 14, 2023

Overworked & underpaid

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fully remote, great health insurance

Cons

Job security has been non-existent since the recent layoffs. Teams were gutted and key managers axed. Those that were left have been putting out fires nearly daily. Operations are very disorganized and there are frequent breakdowns of key functions. Most teams are simply understaffed and are operating in some cases with only half of the headcount they had prior. Workloads have increased despite promises to “take a step back”. There is no incentive for hard work. Semi-annual reviews are pageantry since the maximum raise is 3%! Which is no where close to keeping pace with inflation, led alone “fair market adjustments” that HR loves to tout. There are also no real advancement opportunities in several departments, leaving many employees stuck in dead end positions. Most internal roles are posted with someone in mind or filled by an external candidate. Very difficult to change departments. Promotions are used as carrots on sticks by management. Generous PTO?! 20 days sounds good on paper, but good luck getting a request approved when only one team member can be off on a given day. Want to see your family this holiday season? Shucks, looks like your coworker already requested those days off, better luck next year! Autonomy has been replaced by micromanagement as upper management leans on middle management to squeeze every ounce of productivity out of the Pioneers at the bottom. Constant pinging in slack across multiple channels throughout the day. No room in budget for incentives or morale boosting activities.

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Pie Insurance Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We recognize there has been a lot of change this year. We value your insights and are committed to addressing your concerns. Your well-being is vital to us, and we would encourage you to reach out to your People Partner or your leader for further discussion.
2.0
May 27, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most employees are hardworking and genuinely good people. The mission of supporting small businesses is noble and something most people truly care about when choosing Pie. There are high expectations and a high bar for talent which has led to highly talented people joining the company…unfortunately it doesn’t seem as though they can retain them. Remote work, pay is decent, good intentions I guess.

Cons

Where to start… Leadership is a mess. There’s been a ton of turnover before and after layoffs in 2023. Whether voluntary or not, not a great sign to see CFO, Chief Claims Officer, Chief Product Officer, Chief Analytics Officer, Chief Accounting Officer all leave recently. There’s a general feeling of burnout across the business, starting before layoffs and then intensifying after. Morale has been low for quite some time. People are unhappy and there’s a huge lack of trust in leadership. Not uncommon after a layoff but seems like not much is being done to improve or turn things around. Ultimately, seems like leadership tries to cover things up to make it seem like things are just fine when in reality the company and most employees are working out of fear in hopes to not be on the next RIF list.

2.0
Feb 23, 2024

No longer as easy as Pie

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation, benefits, talented employees, paid time off

Cons

Over the past 9 months there have been a series of decisions made by upper levels of leadership throughout the company that have led to a strong shift in company performance and employee culture. Teams are over worked and short staffed which lead to downstream effects on other teams as well as the customer experience. There was no transparency from senior leadership to employees. A new senior level employee was brought in and they did a welcome tour touting "no sweeping changes will be made" reminiscent to the plot of Office Space. I also believe that decisions are made completely devoid of thought of their impacted employees and most importantly the customer. These decisions have led to another round of layoffs that will inevitably lead to more employees leaving due to being overworked and expected to pick up the slack for the employees they let go. And this cycle will continue before bigger heads roll. I hope they can eventually course correct to what the initial experience and vision was for so many employees only a year ago.

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