Culture Clash: Advice On Researching A Potential New Employer

Great Insurance Jobs’ Cofounder Roger Lear is here to help you overcome obstacles to your career and job search. This month, he offers advice on researching a potential new employer. "I was offered a great claims position at an insurance company, but when I tell my friends where I may be going, they tell me it is a horrible place to work. Is there a way to research this employer before I put in my two weeks’ notice?" It sounds like your friends, whom I am assuming may be current coworkers, don’t want you to leave the team. I don’t blame them, and it’s hard for insurance companies to build great claims teams that get along. However, you have already interviewed and were offered the position. Evidently, through this process with the new company, you didn’t see the gates of hell or this job wouldn’t be a consideration.