Terrible IT leadership - Associate Empower Employee Review

2.0
Jul 2, 2020
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Pros

-Benefits -Onsite gym and cafeteria -Supportive peers -Stable company -Work from home during COVID

Cons

-Management refuses to put effort/money towards upgrading legacy systems to avoid frequent outages - Staffing for the IT teams is inadequate for the workload- They are NOT addressing it. Leadership provides snake salesman responses to these concerns while teams outside of IT bring on new hires and contractors to help them. -Leadership needs a serious refresh. There are many bad leaders who treat their employees and teams terribly. There are only a few good leaders, but they constantly go up against the bad ones, and suffer just as much as their employees. -Fake postings to improve their ratings -Employees have chosen to retire early or leave without jobs because the environment is so bad now.

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5.0
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Pros

I like working here, I find the work life balance with this role to be ideal, and remote opportunities are regularly available at the company ever since the pandemic. Unlimited PTO and I don't have feel guilty to use it, team structure really helps when people are out of the office. Receive good salary for my part of the country, with yearly raises and bonus based on merit.

Cons

I don't have many cons, I would say it would depend on your manager, as is the case with most positions in this world. I've had amazing managers with my time here and some mediocre managers, but overall the job has been good enough to weather the storm of a bad boss.

5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

Many smart people genuinely want to grow & succeed; An excellent long term strategic vision backed by long term oriented investors; Ample growth opportunities at a business that is very well positioned for long term growth. Leaders that genuinely care about their people. Remote work is truly an advantage - just the lack of a commute makes a large difference. Opportunity to be at the ground level of a company that will develop a much stronger national brand over the next decade.

Cons

Delivery & Execution are areas that are truly challenging in the high growth/evolutionary environment that Empower is in today. Cultural changes are happening within the business that create some competing priorities, though Sr. Leaders continue to lead through this. Working with people across the US means don't expect a normal schedule - early / late starts and working lunches are the norm.

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