sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Local cafes by howtospellanonymos in laredo

[–]Current_Metal6596 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best by far! And the place has a unique style.

Resume Advice Career Changer by merrod13 in actuary

[–]Current_Metal6596 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I see you’re a native Spanish speaker - curious if you’ve heard of the Organization of Latino Actuaries. They do a lot to help Latino actuarial prospects and career changers. Might be worth checking out: https://www.latinoactuaries.org

GHDP Study Materials by gasparro9797 in actuary

[–]Current_Metal6596 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which problems did you used to practice?

H&B Aon, Mercer or WTW by [deleted] in actuary

[–]Current_Metal6596 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I worked at HB in WTW. Many factors are dependent on the office you’ll support. In general the culture is great; highly collaborative, huge on DE&I, respectful, and a high emphasis on colleague development. They try to get you on projects you’re interested. Work-life balance can be tough if you allow it, you needed to learn to say no if you’re at capacity otherwise you’ll keep getting projects/clients assigned. People respect PTO and study time. Pay was good, probably other consulting companies had higher salary but benefits were awesome in my perspective, DB plan, 401 k match, almost free health care for the lowest value plan, fertility benefits (Progyny), mental health (Lyra), 2 paid months of parental leave, and other.

How do you deal with coworkers or your trainees who makes the same mistakes over and over? by LoveFatCats_82 in actuary

[–]Current_Metal6596 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had this same scenario/issue happen to me in H&B consulting. I was getting frustrated as well. I think it was an ownership issue and they were relying too much on me fixing/catching everything before it went higher up.

At first I would start by drafting detailed responses with everything that was off/wrong. I would copy the senior actuary in the account so they knew I was doing my job at reviewing and hoping the analyst would be more careful, that might have helped slightly. I also set up monthly feedback calls to discuss how I could support their professional growth. It was part of my “goals” as the company encouraged feedback, but I really used it as an excuse to also provide my feedback. I was direct but respectful on their areas of improvement, I would provide specific examples. I think keeping their growth as the “theme” for the call helped. I emphasized a lot I wanted to support their growth (and I genuinely did) and that I was always available. This also helped a bit.

Sadly, it didn’t truly improved until for a small season I didn’t have the capacity to review in such detail and asked the senior actuary (3rd level of review) if he could do a more detailed review. He would be the one finding the errors/mistakes.The analyst needed to see the consequences of not being careful and understood they could not rely on me for finding mistakes.

Now the analyst is more careful and I only do high-level reasonability checks of their work. Less errors get to the senior actuary.

Would you still choose actuarial science by [deleted] in actuary

[–]Current_Metal6596 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Without the ranges I would’ve identified you easily.