Canada Life Reviews
Updated Jan 21, 2021
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- Current Employees
- Full-time
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Location
- Worldwide
- Canada - All Cities
- - Ontario
- - Toronto, ON Area
- - Kitchener, ON Area
- - London, ON Area
- - Ottawa, ON Area
- - Kingston, ON
- - Sault Ste. Marie, ON
- - Alberta
- - Calgary, AB Area
- - Edmonton, AB Area
- - British Columbia
- - Vancouver, BC Area
- - Manitoba
- - Winnipeg, MB Area
- - Winnipegosis, MB
- - Winnitoba, MB
- - Nova Scotia
- - Halifax, NS Area
- - Quebec
- - Montreal, QC Area
- - Saskatchewan
- - Regina, SK Area
- Ireland - All Cities
- - Dublin
- - Dublin, Ireland Area
- United Kingdom - All Cities
- - England
- - Bristol, UK Area
- - London, UK Area
- - Scotland
- - Glasgow, UK Area
- United States - All Cities
- - California
- - Los Angeles, CA, US Area
- - London, CA
- - Colorado
- - Denver, CO, US Area
- - Georgia
- - Atlanta, GA, US Area
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Pros
"Excellent work environment and benefits" (in 33 reviews)
"Good benefits since it is an insurance company" (in 25 reviews)
Cons
"work overload, unnecessary meetings, low pay" (in 10 reviews)
"upper management is almost white male ONLy, with exception of a few white female or other color male that are known to be someone's friend" (in 9 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- Featured Review
"They care!"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Canada Life full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Awesome people, work is steady, and they give bonuses and raises as deserved.
Cons
None that I have experienced.
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"Great Place"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Positive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Canada Life full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Good work life balance in place
Cons
Large company leads to delays in decisions
"Stable Company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Canada Life full-time
Pros
The company is very stable.
Cons
Promotion is very slow compared to peers.
"Amazing managers"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Canada Life full-time for less than a year
Pros
great benefits and good working hours
Cons
Complicated calls but clients are generally nice
"Good company to work in"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsI have been working at Canada Life full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Solid comany with lots of internal opportunities. Very good benefits package
Cons
The cons of every huge company
"Good company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Canada Life full-time for less than a year
Pros
coworkers, benefits, you learn a lot about the industry.
Cons
pay could be a bit better
Canada Life Response
January 11, 2021 – Program Manager, Talent Acquisition
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"Great Company to work for as an Actuary"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Canada Life full-time
Pros
Employee rotation program Friendly work environment Strong employee development program
Cons
lack of remote work arrangements
- Helpful (1)
"Not bad, not great - clear strengths & weaknesses"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookI have been working at Canada Life full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
- Large company - Good benefits - Stock options
Cons
- Poor technology - Due to above, redundant work and inefficiencies
Continue reading Pros
they provide pretty good benefits
Cons
salaries are low and not enough career advancement
"Somewhat bureaucratic as an organization, but with some really good people"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Canada Life full-time
Pros
Job security, free coffee, central location
Cons
Bureaucratic, lots of politics from senior leadership
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Canada Life Response
October 5, 2020 – Program Manager, Talent Acquisition