Job Title: Vice President
Location: New York, NY
Submitted on: 04-Mar-03
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This is an Insurance Brokerage handling a variety of clients but
primarily concerned with large corporate accounts. There is a personal
lines department, used, for the most part, as a courtesy service. The
Corporate Culture tends to reflect the industry in general; that is,
formal and highly structured. Rules tend to be promulgated from
headquarters and departments are required to try to fit their functions
into the system, even if the system is not ideal for the purpose. There
is a dress code requiring sober suits and ties for men, suits or
dresses
for women with BUSINESS casual Fridays. Even on casual days, jeans,
shorts, etc. are not acceptable. This is fairly prevalent throughout
the
industry and not necessarily peculiar to AON.
Formal hours are 9 to 5 but, at the professional level, there is a
great
deal of overtime. This is left largely to individual initiative so that
each employee has the option of working late, working on the weekend or
taking the work home - or, in fact, any combination of these that suit
the personal lifestyle. However, even before the Trade Center attack,
the workload generally exceeded the work day.
In general, the company welcomes ethnic and racial diversity as long as
the candidate is willing to fit into the existing culture. However,
they
do not accept personal or ethnic considerations as exceptions to
Corporate Culture. They do, on the other hand, provide personal days
which are intended to be used for religious observances.
In good economic times, there are annual merit raises and hard work and
competence are rewarded. Opportunities for advancement exist within the
department - it is possible to go from Technical Assistant to
Department
Manager over forty years - but it is unlikely that anyone will go from
mailroom to boardroom. This is a very large company and there is little
access to senior management below the department head level. Even at
that level, access is limited.
Overall, this is not a bad company to work for if you are interested in
becoming a part of a large corporate structure. There are the
advantages
and disadvantages of size. On the one hand there is far more of a
cushion in bad times but on the other, there is far less chance of
influencing corporate policy
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