AXA reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(3,916 total reviews)
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Thomas Buberl

88% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

AXA has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,916 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AXA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Assurance industry (3.6 stars).

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4.0
Oct 30, 2008
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Pros

The work environment is very friendly. People are willing to help. As a student they are willing to treat you like a regular employee if you take the initiative to ask for work. On the development side the work can be challenging. You are usually given a bug report and your job is to find the cause of the bug and attempt to fix it. Sometimes the bugs are very easy and I would run out of work. I'd have to ask my supervisor and he would tell me there is nothing left to do. Management does a good job of keeping people on task.

Cons

On the testing side the work can be quite repetitive. Every other week or so you are required to run a bunch of tests for other people. This involves loading the test and monitoring them while they ran. If you run into an error you are required to fix it. The work is very repetitive and sometimes you may be asked to run the tests manually. As a student there really were no benefits. The environment is business casual which can be a downside if you dislike wearing collared shirts or fancy shoes. I wasted money buying fancy shoes I hate to wear.

4.0
Sep 8, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Good employee support with an understanding for personal needs and a good remuneration structure. The group as a whole was focussed on some key long term initiatives but their was often a disconnect between this and the Key Result Areas we were measured on.

Cons

Lack of non-financial recognition for consistent and excellent results. A strong silo culture within certain areas and others that lacked a commercial veiwpoint. Also the inability for management to explain the disconnect listed above. A talent pool with pro-active conversations to dicuss and position opportunities through the group would be beneficial to retaining and exposing employees to the greater group.

4.0
Aug 22, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

AXA R still retains a lot of its "small company" culture, which makes it a pretty unique place to work for the Financial Services sector. You can still meet and know everyone in the office, you are not just another number or headcount and you have a real responsibility towards the success of the firm. This is also reflected in AXAR's bonus structure - it is based on a portion of the company's profit and everyone has an equivalent opportunity to participate.

Cons

The downside of such a small company is the extraordinary gossipy and political nature of the office environment. Sometimes AXAR gets a little too political for its own good, and that does not reflect well on senior management or veteran employees of the firm.

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