Morneau Shepell Reviews

Pros

Work from home Great benefits Salary is competitive Leadership cares, they are present and check in The systems in absence management are state of the art, easy to learn and use - lots of innovation

Cons

Workload is high, they are actively working on this and it is starting to show with the new changes, but they have been too high for awhile. There has been some turnover in leadership but everyone is working together with lots of communication

Advice to Management

From the CEO down, in every meeting and every message delivered, it is obvious you care about your employees and are doing what you can to help with workloads. The changes have taken a fair bit of time, but they are happening! It is appreciated by the teams and morale will increase as workloads go down. Work/Life balance will improve at that time as well. Please continue to focus on your employees as they are the... cornerstone of your company.

Pros

Great people to work with Flexibility in schedule and location - can work from home Fair benefits They do invest in training and development

Cons

Moving from a large small company into a small large company, with growth through acquisition. Workload is an issue in some parts of the company

Pros

Caring and hard working team

Cons

High volumes of work always

Advice to Management

Hire more people

Pros

Great executive leadership; ability to make a real difference; growing global company that's making a positive impact on peoples' lives

Cons

Toronto office location isn't great but it's offset by the ability to work remotely; legacy systems need to be modernized

Advice to Management

keep doing what you're doing but make investments in systems and technology to modernize the company!

Pros

Work from home is great. Set your own hours.

Cons

Little direction from management, or opportunity to advance

Advice to Management

Working from home is a great perk, but being connected with your team, is extremely important. Processes will help your team excel.

Pros

The benefits and pension plan used to be competitive.

Cons

Raises are abysmal; negotiate on hiring what you want to be earning in 5 years if you are desperate enough.

Advice to Management

The first step would be to put an end to the office politics and the blame game which creates a toxic work environment. There should be no tolerance for this behaviour. You also need to start putting employees first and having respect and confidence in them and their ideas.

Pros

Very flexible - work from home options Mainly Good people Interesting job, various roles Management trying to take advice from employees to improve

Cons

Salaries not amazing No bonus, rewards Low merit increases Lots of politics

Advice to Management

Start rewarding your hard workers

Pros

Nice people good technology okay salary okay benefits

Cons

The managers team are horrible specially at the mid level! They just asking things without getting any directions! They just keep pushing to get the results!

Advice to Management

Bring new and sharp faces to the mid level managers