Bestow
What's It Like to Work at Bestow?
Bestow Employee Reviews
What People Are Saying About Bestow
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Benefits & Perks: The company promotes a remote-first, results-first setup with flexible PTO, equity/bonus eligibility, and an option for fully paid health coverage for employees and dependents. Additional perks like education stipends and well-being benefits are emphasized in company materials.
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Mission & Purpose: The pivot from direct-to-consumer insurance to building a platform for life and annuity carriers positions day-to-day work as modernizing a legacy industry. Partner launches and enterprise-scale problems in underwriting automation, agent tooling, and policy administration reinforce a sense of impact.
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Team Support: Descriptions highlight a collaborative, inclusive culture with psychological safety and equal voice, where colleagues are characterized as problem solvers and strong collaborators. A remote-first model with practices like meeting-free focus time supports cooperation and autonomy.
Bestow's Benefits
Company or teams have recognition rituals for individual work
Employee feedback used to shape policies and strategy
Encourages autonomy and ownership from employees
Established employee awards to honor work and contributions
Managers give public shoutouts and celebrate employee milestones
Provides modern technology across teams
Provides resources to build team camaraderie
Quarterly engagement surveys to gauge employee satisfaction
Documented career progression frameworks
Documented path to leadership development
Encourages lateral mobility to expand skills and impact
Prioritizes promotion advancement based on impact
Promote from within
Provides customized development tracks
Regularly scheduled promotion review cycles for employees
Defined policies promoting a professional, respectful workplace
Defined values and mission statements
Documented operating principles
Documented policies and procedures to protect employee privacy and data
Engineering team utilizes pair programming
Implements team-based strategic planning
Leadership encourages open, transparent debate
Leadership is transparent and communicative
Mistakes are treated as learning opportunities
Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration
Policies promote a low-ego, team-driven culture
Prioritizes mission-driven work in decision-making processes
Promotes a people-first, social culture
Uses an OKR operational model to clearly define goals and priorities
Utilizes an open door policy that encourages accessibility
Async-friendly policies, culture that encourage work flexibility
Documented overtime policy
Offers a remote work program
Provides work from home flexibility
Utilizes a flexible work schedule
Bestow provides employees with a flexible work schedule that includes Flexible start and end times.
Utilizes a full-time remote friendly model
Utilizes a hybrid work model
For Dallas employees, a beautiful HQ welcomes employees and frequent team on-sites.
