Empower reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,430 total reviews)
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Edmund F. Murphy III

80% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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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4.0
May 3, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Work with great people and make a meaningful difference for clients.

Cons

Changes in upper management have lead to mismatched goals and directives. Conflicting and frequent changes in procedures/expectations can be frustrating.

2.0
May 3, 2017

Marketing - Creative

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

My direct peers, manager/creative director, account executive and traffic coordinator in the area of preparing and designing sales material were the best you could ask for. Our small and specific department had it together, which certainly could not be said for many other departments both within and outside of creative.

Cons

I was on contract as a designer for the company for 18 months and left as I was told there was no room in the budget to provide an open requisite. I'm not sure the business methods make sense as keeping multiple contractors on board for high hourly rates seems like they are creating a revolving door of mediocre talent and poor investment strategies in quality workers. There were layoffs within the department, only to have them turn around and hire MORE contractors for those same positions that they had let go, it just doesn't make sense. The department definitely made a turn for the worst after I was on-boarded as creative services hired multiple creative directors, added unnecessary Mac laptops and created multiple "agency" silos of work without having the manpower to make this method efficient. Too many upper management positions and not enough "worker bees" has led to many unhappy staff members. If you have found quality talent in a contractor, HIRE THEM instead of following them up with more contractors who are now starting from square one with no knowledge of current processes and brand identity. You are wasting everyone's time with the constant hiring and training, just to have that person either find full-time work or leave on their own terms.

4.0
May 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

One of the best companies with employee friendly policies such as maternity benefits and extended medical insurance cover which are one of the best in the industry at the associate level. This is in addition to the existing policies that encourage a pleasant and desirable work environment.

Cons

Would be better to have more such beneficial policies that would make this company THE best company

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