Sun Life reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(4,263 total reviews)
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Kevin Strain

90% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Sun Life has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,263 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sun Life employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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4K reviews
4.0
Jan 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable, traditional company. The hours are reasonable and the work is fine. Decent location.

Cons

It's not the fault of Sun Life, but the business is really boring and there's not much opportunity there to do anything exciting or different. The projects worked on seemed to be the same year after year. Also there are a good number of "lifers" there that seemed to have a hard time catching on with technology. It was also frustrating that some areas were short-staffed while others seemed wildly overstaffed.

1.0
Oct 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefit package is competitive in terms of perscription/dental care and life insurance

Cons

Senior mgmt works in a clique against the employees, lip service is given to improve employee morale, which is extremely low, programs are initiated with great fanfare but never followed through on Decisions are made arbitrarily with little if any input sought from managers or staff Learning opportunities are granted based on political choices rather than accomplishments Extremely political organization, if you cannot play that game or do not want to play that game, this is not the place for you You will have no support from your own management if you take a stance against another department or issue. Unless it betters the managers career, expect yourself to be on a limb by yourself.

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