Is Empower a good company to work for?

Empower has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 2,536 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 70% 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 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Empower. This rating has decreased by 8% 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 pros of working at Empower according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and not overly expensive." ((in 269 reviews)); "Good work life balance and few teams are really good" ((in 141 reviews)); "Great people within the company and enjoy spending time with each other outside of work." ((in 125 reviews)); "Pay is good and competetive" ((in 106 reviews)); "work from home is good" ((in 98 reviews))

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

"No training whatsoever" ((in 45 reviews)); "Upper management is clueless and tells our Director and VP we cannot hire more people." ((in 25 reviews)); "Long hours (for my role)" ((in 18 reviews)); "some very old technologies" ((in 14 reviews)); "Lack of diversity" ((in 5 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.

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3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,430 total reviews)

Edmund F. Murphy III

80% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

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 2,430 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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2K reviews

2.0

Jun 4, 2017

PEAK Client Services Coordinator

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Beautiful campus to work on, challenging job, good co-workers, good pay and benefits. Normal 8 - 5 shifts with OT when needed.

Cons

Micromanaged by immediate superiors. Constant changes to systems and upper management. Upper management is not above lying to employees to further their own ends and to cover their own inadequacies. "Eye on the prize" mentality with the client coming in a distant second to improving the company image and the vendetta that upper management seems to have for companies with higher rankings.

2.0

Jun 3, 2017

Experience was "meh" - didn't meet expectations.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Great location in DTC, covered parking, they recently started letting you wear jeans everyday to work, cafeteria with lots of great options, some nice people, big corporate feel if you're into that. Lots of jobs in general. 401K and decent amount of time off.

Cons

Although there are lots of jobs in the company, most teams don't have much of a career path. Way too much micromanagement and the company seems to keep people who aren't the best at their job only because of favoritism. Know someone in the company? You're good but if you don't then you'll find better luck elsewhere if you want to grow your career. Managers are insulting and somehow nobody cares if you're getting yelled at or verbally abused. At the end of the day, you're a disposable employee unless you got great connections with someone at the top. They sell you the job with expectations that aren't met. Some teams have people who rarely do actual work and are gossiping all day long. Then the ones who do actually work get yelled at for not being perfectionists. People at the top think low of employees who are lower.

5.0

Jun 3, 2017

Client Service

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Offers a great network of people. Pay based on the DOL.

Cons

A respectful culture is not demanded. People lacking self awareness may have a hard time.

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