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    Great-West Life Assurance Reviews

    Updated 14 August, 2018
    216 reviews

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    Great-West Life Assurance President and COO Stefan Kristjanson
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    5 Ratings

    216 Employee Reviews

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    • "No room for advancement if your coloured" (in 5 reviews)

    • "Long hours, low pay, lots of overtime" (in 8 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "Great company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Great-West Life Assurance full-time

      Pros

      A+ Great company. They make you feel valued

      Cons

      None that I can think of

    2. "New Business Technician"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Great-West Life Assurance full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Best place to work, great work environment, staff, benefits and flexible hours of work.

      Cons

      None that I can think of

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    3. "Positive, Community-Based Culture"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Great-West Life Assurance full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Very positive, welcoming, community-based culture
      Strong work life balance
      Many opportunities to get involved within the organization - e.g. Volunteering, Social Events, Sports Leagues
      Opportunities for upward movement and movement within different areas of the organization

      Cons

      Benefits packages are not competitive
      On-boarding experience could be improved – more training on processes & policies, more information on the benefits package
      Some internal systems are very dated which make it difficult to work effectively

      Advice to Management

      Lots of positive changes currently happening across the organization. Continue to work on improving employee experience and improve internal systems to increase efficiencies.

    4. "Disability Case Manager"

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      Current Employee - Disability Case Manager
      Current Employee - Disability Case Manager

      I have been working at Great-West Life Assurance full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Learning new skills every day

      Cons

      Needing more opportunities for career growth

    5. "Ok but due to restructuring, jobs are not secure"

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      Current Employee - Risk Manager in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Risk Manager in Toronto, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Great-West Life Assurance full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Competitive salary, great people, opportunities for advancement

      Cons

      Not flexible, not a fun culture

      Advice to Management

      Have more flexibility to work from home

    6. "Human Resources"

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      Former Employee - Human Resources in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Human Resources in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Great-West Life Assurance full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      great benefits
      great staff/ team members

      Cons

      minimum opportunity for career advancement
      low salary

      Advice to Management

      provide more opportunities to network with other departments and higher ups

    7. "work environment"

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      Current Employee - Assistant Vice President in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Assistant Vice President in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Great-West Life Assurance full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great leadership who are committed to developing their employees. Benefits are valuable and flexible. Employees are committed to doing great work and giving back to their communities

      Cons

      An opportunity to have a greater focus on amazing customer experiences

      Advice to Management

      Greater focus on customer experience management

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Claims processor"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Great-West Life Assurance full-time

      Pros

      Room for advancement improvements being made to systems

      Cons

      No recognition or praise given , don't care about employees

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Neutral Experience"

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      Former Employee - Claims Examiner in Winnipeg, MB
      Former Employee - Claims Examiner in Winnipeg, MB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Great-West Life Assurance full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Flexible hours, bonus every quarter, really good training, shared ownership plan

      Cons

      Getting audited. Any mistake you made, little or small, whether it was not putting a period in a remark code, you got dinged on that and that would affect your bonus. Totally understandable if it was a payment error but no matter what mistake you made, your bonus would get affected. Also having to plan your vacation a year in advance, and possibly not getting approved. They go based on seniority in the whole office. So even if you wanted a certain day off and no one on your team was off, you'd get declined that request.

      Advice to Management

      Look at your staff as people instead of numbers.

    10. "Great benefits"

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      Former Employee - Programmer Analyst in Winnipeg, MB
      Former Employee - Programmer Analyst in Winnipeg, MB
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Great-West Life Assurance full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      They have great benefits and training programs. They are striving to create a good work life balance and offer such things as on-site gym, flexible working hours and a Health Care spending account specific to encouraging employees to purchase things that contribute to their overall health and well being.

      Cons

      The workloads are quite high.

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