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    Great-West Life Assurance Reviews

    Updated 11 October, 2018
    227 reviews

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

    227 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. "IT Project Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Winnipeg, MB
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Winnipeg, MB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Great-West Life Assurance full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great environment, a lot of different technology projects. Never boring. A great place to learn. Flexible hours, you can work from home.

      Cons

      Not issues if you do your job

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    3. "Average"

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      Former Employee - Assistant Manager in Winnitoba, MB
      Former Employee - Assistant Manager in Winnitoba, MB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Flex time - most depts. are open to flexible time.
      Medical benefits - above average

      Cons

      Promotion is based on who you know and not what you know. At least in my dept.
      Silo based system.
      Pay is average.
      very oriented on professional designation even though you have experience.

      Advice to Management

      Love you own people.

    4. "Not sure what to put here"

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      Current Employee - Commercial Mortgage Analyst in Winnipeg, MB
      Current Employee - Commercial Mortgage Analyst in Winnipeg, MB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Good work environment and flexible hours

      Cons

      Pay seems to be below industry average

    5. "Great Employer"

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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

      Great benefits and retirement package

      Cons

      parking downtown can be costly

    6. "My review"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

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

      Pros

      Great Pay, good working environment.

      Cons

      Not a versatile job, have to do the same work again and again

    7. "Risk manager"

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      Current Employee - Risk Manager in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Risk Manager 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

      Lots of change and movement in corporate areas. There appears to be sincere efforts to improve the risk management and technology change

      Cons

      Senior leadership is still figuring the technology transformation thing.... Half the organisation is stuck in the 90s. Cafeteria food is worse than highschool schlop.

      Advice to Management

      To inspire employees to do bold things , leadership needs to demonstration boldness themselves. Big things like strategy matter, but so do Small things that attract the more forward looking, independent minded employees - office space, food, dress code etc

    8. "customer service representative"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      benefits, own cubicle, no works on week end

      Cons

      lot of calls, seniority for vacation

    9. "Customer relationship manager"

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      Current Employee - Customer Service Specialist in Winnipeg, MB
      Current Employee - Customer Service Specialist in Winnipeg, MB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Great leaders, good work environment and supportive colleagues

      Cons

      Work pressure and the location of the office- finding cheap parking is a problem

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the good work!

    10. "Good"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Winnipeg, MB
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Winnipeg, MB
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Great-West Life Assurance full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Good benefits , colleges, gym , cafeteria

      Cons

      System, management, work life balance

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