Empower reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,419 total reviews)
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Edmund F. Murphy III

79% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Empower has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,419 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Empower employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jan 6, 2018
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Pros

Some of the best people I ever surrounded my self with. (staff) Used to have a long career path, I could have seen myself retiring here! (not anymore)

Cons

Management, this was one of the best companies to work for from late eighties to early 2000. When the healthcare side was sold to Cigna in 2008, that’s when the tide had turned for GWL. In 2014 Bob Reynolds took over and surrounded himself with the very same people who drove Putnam into the ground along with JPM management. They adopted those same policies for heavy offshoring/ marketing and Micro Management from hell, stateside. They dissolved any legacy that used to make Great West Life a success. To see what it has become with the workload, the commitment with zero commission recognition, shows the path this company has taken. It’s not a matter of if your job will go to India, it’s a matter of when. It’s all about managements bottom dollar now, no longer about the staff that made it get there. To the Desmarais family, amazing who you put in charge of this ship.

3.0
Apr 23, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Decent campus, cafeteria, covered parking, decent benefits. Still a lot of good people but a lot have quit or more common these days is the pink slip.

Cons

Has become your typical large, silo type company and culture. Unless you are absolutely brilliant (rare) or cozy up and schmooze and whine to the right people you basically get lost in the shuffle and forgotten. They are now shipping jobs to India as well so have become 'that' company and bottom line is clearly more important than employees and morale. Makes internal movement and aspirations tough now as well.

1.0
Mar 7, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Healthcare benefits are not expensive. Most colleagues are nice to work with.

Cons

Knee jerk management that looks to blame people instead of fixing their lack of planning and chaotic infrastructure. Not much opportunity for career advancement. Managers with no leadership skills. Managers support their favorites. Pathetic bonus and raise. Lousy retirement plan match.

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