Scotiabank reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(11,115 total reviews)
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Scott Thomson

74% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Scotiabank has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 11,115 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Scotiabank 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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11K reviews
1.0
Aug 15, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is nothing much good about this place that I can think of. One thing "good" maybe this is the most "relaxing" place where you are free not to work as hard as you normally would. But for a dedicated professional like myself, I am not sure if I should treat this as a "pro". Once you are in, you want to run. If you just come out of college looking for new job, go elsewhere.

Cons

- People are like ignorant school boys and don't know what they are doing. The lack of knowledge about their fields is simply appalling. - People simply slack in their work. Bunch of lazy folks chitchatting who do not have any motivation to work for a broken company. People came late and left office at 3-4pm. At 5pm the office is pretty much 80% empty, which is just unheard of! - Abuse of work-from-home (before COVID-19) as a way to hide from their work and responsibilities. - Management is a joke and totally incompetent. They don't know how to manage people. Sometimes you think you could be a better manager yourself. They don't reward your merits for sure and fire people when they get angered at your good suggestions. In fact, they all need to get fired. - Strong smell of discriminatory practices against certain people and races. - Pay is utterly horrible and unforgivable as compared to other competitors. - It's a retirement home when you have no one else hiring you and you are already in your 50's having no other choices to make your ends meet. - Bad everything. Do not work there. It was my total regret to have joined the company years ago in the first place. I got a much much better job since then!

1.0
Jun 25, 2019

People abusing work from home

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Ridiculously low pressure environment. People come in late and go early.

Cons

I would say quite some people are "abusing" work from home here since it is allowed and no upper management cares, and they definitely take it too far. Most of the time they don't have a valid reason for doing so. It's not like they have a doctor's appointment or anything they need to take care at home. They make it a routine to take 2 to 3 days work from home every week. That's quite outrageous and their boss won't care. Worst thing is it's very clear they are doing much less on those days. It's their paid time offs and you just know it. This is very demoralizing for those working in office.

1.0
Mar 6, 2019

Terrible

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free coffee, good office location

Cons

No leadership, bias against Americans

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