Is Empower a good company to work for?

Empower has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 2,542 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months. 71% of employees would recommend working at Empower to a friend and 68% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Empower have been left by employees working as Vice President , Senior Relationship Manager and Director .

Does Empower pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Empower employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Empower. This rating has decreased by 9% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Empower?

71% of Empower employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Empower 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Empower?

Software Developer (58) , Retirement Representative (57) , Customer Service Representative (55) , Retirement Consultant (46) , Manager (42) , Retirement Specialist (37) , Software Engineer (34) , Senior Software Engineer (33) , Director (31) , Specialist (31) , Associate Specialist (30) , Client Services Manager (29) , Relationship Manager (29) , Senior Retirement Consultant (29) , Analyst (26)

What are the pros of working at Empower according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and not overly expensive." ((in 262 reviews)); "Good work life balance and few teams are really good" ((in 139 reviews)); "Great people within the company and enjoy spending time with each other outside of work." ((in 128 reviews)); "Pay is good and competetive" ((in 107 reviews)); "work from home is good" ((in 104 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Empower according to real employee reviews?

"If your manager is bad you won’t like it" ((in 55 reviews)); "No training opportunities" ((in 43 reviews)); "Every employee is burnt out and exhausted, but upper management keeps acquiring new plans to expand." ((in 27 reviews)); "Long hours (for my role)" ((in 18 reviews)); "some very old technologies" ((in 16 reviews))

What are employees saying about Empower layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Empower layoffs and their outlook for job security at Empower in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Empower locations?

Denver , Greenwood Village , Greenwood Village , Overland Park , Milwaukee , Boston , Andover , Hartford , Englewood , New York , Houston , Colorado Springs , Los Angeles , Scranton , Dallas , Atlanta , Kansas City , Phoenix , Charlotte , Philadelphia , Washington , Kansas City , Dubuque , Miami , Orlando , Newark , Somerset , Detroit , Austin , Chicago

Empower reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,436 total reviews)

Edmund F. Murphy III

80% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Empower has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,436 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Jul 17, 2020

Smooth Process

Senior software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The interview process was very cleared to me, and gone through a smooth joining process with empower. HRs are very supportive. Virtual joining was very smooth and informative.

Cons

Nothing as of now has been found.

3.0

Jul 9, 2020

Salaries and upper management tenure

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company, great benefits, and flexibility to work from home.

Cons

Manager salaries are low, hard to even break 100k. Promotions upward in operations are hard. Directors, AVP's, many being in the same role for a long time. Current boss 10+ years.

Empower Response

5y

Thank you for your feedback and years of dedication. Approximately 40% of our positions were filled with internal candidates in 2019. Compensation is based on a wide range of factors, and it is evaluated as part of our comprehensive total rewards package.

2.0

Jul 2, 2020

Terrible IT leadership

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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.

Empower Response

5y

We appreciate all feedback, recognizing that reviews are genuine and provided willingly. We encourage our associates to discuss concerns with either their manager or Human Resources so we can address them accordingly.

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