High acquisition = layoffs - Product Manager Empower Employee Review

3.0
May 14, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Growing company. Competitive pay. Good benefits. Remote work. Good female representation in leadership.

Cons

Risk of layoffs. No loyalty for years of service. Decentralized - lots of remote work is isolating. Struggle with managing remote workers/keeping them included. Continue to rebuild failed products from acquisition companies. Not as much advancement opportunity as they claim - employees get pigeonholed. Office politics gets in the way of letting employees produce. Leadership very Caucasian. A little bit of Asian minorities in leadership, but very few PoC in upper management.

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5.0
Jul 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

learning about IRAS accounts, great way to learn and service clients. and working from home

Cons

great worklife balance, great feedback from managers

3.0
Jul 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Responsible Time (which is truly encouraged to be used and is one of the only things keeping people above water at the moment); great coworkers

Cons

Company is growing too big, too fast and employees simply cannot keep up and are burning out. Too many changes at once and employees feel senior leadership does not notice or they simply don’t care. Associates who have been with Empower since the beginning are saying this is not the same Empower they once loved working for.

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