Manulife Reviews
Updated Dec 6, 2019
"work life balance and good people" (in 206 reviews)
"Can work from home 3 days a week" (in 171 reviews)
"Long hours sometimes and transactions must be completed within the day" (in 43 reviews)
"Senior management come off as very fabricated people" (in 38 reviews)
- Featured ReviewHelpful (9)
"Great Place for Young Actuaries"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Manulife full-time for more than a year
Pros
Big organization with a lot of Actuarial roles. Very nice Senior Management in Actuarial teams that can teach you a lot Work is visible and promotions can be quick and is becoming more merit-based. Nnice study days for exams, good work-life balance, and ability to work remotely later. Great place to train and become an experienced actuary.
Cons
Recent CEO change has brought a lot of re-organization, so you need to be adaptive. However, the focus of new management is good.
Advice to Management
Need to invest more into advertisement and recruitment to attract young actuarial talents.
Manulife2019-02-24 "Great place to work; strong financial performance"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Manulife full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great people, interesting work and competitive salary
Cons
Lots of change, so you need to be nimble and flexible. Also there can be heavy workloads at times, not all the time, but certain times of the year can be stressful.
Manulife2019-09-04"Amazing tech stack to work with"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Manulife full-time for more than a year
Pros
Latest tech stack used all over the organization
Cons
The interview process is too much focused on algorithms and data structures
Manulife2019-11-25"CSP"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsNeutral OutlookI have been working at Manulife full-time
Pros
Work life balance, great coworkers
Cons
Work schedule, work during holidays
Manulife2019-11-24"Slow Moving"
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I worked at Manulife full-time for more than a year
Pros
Good Teams Good Tech Stack They encourage people to learn new technologies. Offer permanent work from home.
Cons
Slow Decision Making. And a lot of politics.
Manulife2019-11-22"Global company with opportunities facing headwinds"
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No opinion of CEOI worked at Manulife full-time for more than a year
Pros
Large global company with various opportunities
Cons
Looking to reduce expenses drastically and everyone is nervous about job security.
Manulife2019-12-06"Great company. Great people."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Manulife full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Remote work up to 4 days per week Awesome team (including management) Flexibility
Cons
Workload fluctuates a lot and can become overwhelming
Manulife2019-11-21- Helpful (1)
"Half and half"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at Manulife full-time for more than a year
Pros
Money is very good month to month
Cons
Culture is very bad at times
Manulife2019-12-02 "Great company for work-life balance!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Manulife full-time for less than a year
Pros
- Strong employee base with very knowledgeable professionals to help you learn. - Practices and preaches work-life balance. - Transitions between departments is easy, better able to explore different areas and roles in the company.
Cons
- Highly bureaucratic - Too much IT contracting
Advice to Management
- Don't be afraid to commit to full-time employees. Loss of productivity could hurt the company in the long term with all the contract IT workers.
Manulife2019-11-17"General review on IT in Manulife"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Manulife full-time for less than a year
Pros
Faced paced approach to moving to new tech Senior management is surely talented
Cons
Office space is too less. Shared workplace culture. You sit wherever you find a place. Not a good cost cutting measure. Work life balance depends on project to project and the delivery date Design System is still updating which leads to deferred development Illogical cost cutting like shutting down the cloud env after work hours and on weekends. Promotions very hard to get on merit rather than years of exp.... Benefits are ok but very deceiving at times and are manipulative. Too much stress on core values. Agile is very new to them and the employees.
Show MoreAdvice to Management
Seats need to be assigned to people. So they know exactly where to go in the morning without the fear of not finding a seat and then improvising Too much stress on core values.
Manulife2019-11-21