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I work at State Farm. They have done things like this before. They pull out to light a fire under the ass of legislators. And then they resume business as usua

I work at State Farm. They have done things like this before. They pull out to light a fire under the ass of legislators. And then they resume business as usual.

bagacrap 3y ago
That's the feeling I got. What is the point of continuing to service existing customers, including paying for the agents who no longer have any new business to sign, if they aren't ever planning to reopen shop? Do you know what kind of legislative changes they're hoping to make?
- rubyfan 3y ago
  Agents typically are responsible not only for generating new business but also servicing the policies they sell and they are compensated with commission for the life of the policy. Further, they didn’t close down the shop they just stopped putting a certain type of inventory on the shelf - they will continue to sell auto and other types of insurance that are less exposed to wildfire or are otherwise rate adequate.
  - bagacrap 3y ago
    Auto aside --- as an agent you must be annoyed that your commission can only go down over time unless this is reversed?
  - Suppafly 3y ago
    considering how often auto is bundled with home, this is going to severely limit their business.
- Kalium 3y ago
  State Farm does plenty of business in auto and other areas, so agents are not suddenly completely out of business.
S_A_P 3y ago
I had to come back to this comment and congratulate you on your pun. Light a fire under the ass of legislators so they can do something about wildfire insurance. Ha!
- Freedom2 3y ago
  Truly a capital joke, haha! Cheerio!
- spencerchubb 3y ago
  The pun was very much not intended! LOL
not_your_vase 3y ago
Very offtopic, but using your real name and making such statements implying that you are representing your company in this very matter (and going against their narrative) is rarely a wise thing to do.
- draw_down 3y ago
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- jghn 3y ago
  At some point in one's career you hit a point where you say what you want to say. Preferably it isn't bullshit, but if you believe in it, go for it.
  - not_your_vase 3y ago
    > At some point in one's career you hit a point where you say what you want to say. Yes, this happens usually when you are a C-level executive, and not a software dev intern, like this guy. He hasn't even started his career...
    - xnyan 3y ago
      > this happens usually when you are a C-level executive I hope this not true for most people. I feel like most people I work with respond well to honesty as opposed to varnished corpo-speak. I’m a new senior engineer and have just started speaking in a relatively unguarded way if that makes any difference.
      - not_your_vase 3y ago
        Don't mix up internal honesty with public shit-talking. The former is welcome at almost all places. I'm sure there are some companies that tolerate it when an employee criticizes them (or call them dishonest/disingenuous, as in this case) in an open, external forum, but this is most definitely not the norm. If you work for such a company, then lucky you, I guess?

I work at State Farm. They have done things like this before. They pull out to light a fire under the ass of legislators. And then they resume business as usual.

bagacrap 3y ago

That's the feeling I got. What is the point of continuing to service existing customers, including paying for the agents who no longer have any new business to sign, if they aren't ever planning to reopen shop? Do you know what kind of legislative changes they're hoping to make?

rubyfan 3y ago
Agents typically are responsible not only for generating new business but also servicing the policies they sell and they are compensated with commission for the life of the policy. Further, they didn’t close down the shop they just stopped putting a certain type of inventory on the shelf - they will continue to sell auto and other types of insurance that are less exposed to wildfire or are otherwise rate adequate.
- bagacrap 3y ago
  Auto aside --- as an agent you must be annoyed that your commission can only go down over time unless this is reversed?
- Suppafly 3y ago
  considering how often auto is bundled with home, this is going to severely limit their business.
Kalium 3y ago
State Farm does plenty of business in auto and other areas, so agents are not suddenly completely out of business.

S_A_P 3y ago

I had to come back to this comment and congratulate you on your pun. Light a fire under the ass of legislators so they can do something about wildfire insurance. Ha!

Freedom2 3y ago
Truly a capital joke, haha! Cheerio!
spencerchubb 3y ago
The pun was very much not intended! LOL

not_your_vase 3y ago

Very offtopic, but using your real name and making such statements implying that you are representing your company in this very matter (and going against their narrative) is rarely a wise thing to do.

draw_down 3y ago
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jghn 3y ago
At some point in one's career you hit a point where you say what you want to say. Preferably it isn't bullshit, but if you believe in it, go for it.
- not_your_vase 3y ago
  > At some point in one's career you hit a point where you say what you want to say. Yes, this happens usually when you are a C-level executive, and not a software dev intern, like this guy. He hasn't even started his career...
  - xnyan 3y ago
    > this happens usually when you are a C-level executive I hope this not true for most people. I feel like most people I work with respond well to honesty as opposed to varnished corpo-speak. I’m a new senior engineer and have just started speaking in a relatively unguarded way if that makes any difference.
    - not_your_vase 3y ago
      Don't mix up internal honesty with public shit-talking. The former is welcome at almost all places. I'm sure there are some companies that tolerate it when an employee criticizes them (or call them dishonest/disingenuous, as in this case) in an open, external forum, but this is most definitely not the norm. If you work for such a company, then lucky you, I guess?