Where careers go to die - Anonymous employee Unum Employee Review

2.0
May 11, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Quiet and easy life. Some good people. Out of town office in Dorking.

Cons

Forget career progression if you are competent as they prefer those that talk a good game and not those that deliver. IT & Change leadership is toxic and blocks delivery or takes credit for work of others. The IT estate is 'state of the ark' and the IT leadership has no idea of how their teams work in practise. The change team leadership couldn't deliver a pizza let alone a project. Organisation lacks a real strategy / objective. There seems to be an entire layer of department heads who talk high level strategy which is basically praying that AI fixes it. Constant promises from senior management to makes changes to IT or business processes but it never happens.

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