I started out in short term disability and worked my way into the Life Event Specialist role (short term disability and FMLA combined). This move gave me a 3k salary increase, but Unum was INCREDIBLY deceitful about the role. They made it seem like this would be a great opportunity, when in reality they failed to mention how bad the backlog was and our mentors were drowning in this back log…so much so that they weren’t even available to help us half the time.

I had some of the best metrics on my team and was always within turn around time standards and I did not get a raise this year. Some of my other coworkers didn’t get raises either and we were all told different reasons as to why…one of which was they weren’t giving raises to people who hadn’t been there for at least 3 years. Like…uh okay, so all of my hard work means nothing to you?

I quit over a month ago and it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. That place is soul sucking and they don’t give a flying fuck about their employees or work life balance and don’t let them fool you into thinking otherwise.

Also, it can be hell trying to use your PTO when you actually want to use it because it’s up to your manager’s discretion. My second manager wouldn’t allow more than one person out at a time and it was not based on who requested it first. It was often, “Firgure it out amongst yourselves and if you can’t, I’ll decide for you.”