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    3.6
    68%
    Recommend to a Friend
    74%
    Approve of CEO
    Scotiabank CEO Brian J. Porter
    Brian J. Porter
    1,199 Ratings
    Pros
    Cons

    • "Work life balance was sometimes tough, but that might vary by department" (in 91 reviews)

    • "Long hours when steering committee meetings came close" (in 59 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Very good working environment and culture"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Customer Service Agent in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Scotiabank part-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Very good working environment and culture

      Cons

      A little challenging moving to another department

      Scotiabank2019-12-10

    2. "Great company overall"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Solutions Architect in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Scotiabank full-time for more than 10 years

      Pros

      - a lot of opportunities to grow - wide range of technologies in use and implemented - good benefits

      Cons

      - work/life balance suffers due to a need to work overtime or support - management does not have a clear strategy, it is 'let's try this' and see how it goes approach - management has no desire to develop a person, they leave it to an individual to develop themselves and so people often come and leave the team

      Advice to Management

      Success of the business raises and falls on LEADERSHIP and not PEOPLE. It would be great if people in management and executive positions can learn how to LEAD.

      Scotiabank2019-12-09
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    3. "Good Corporate Job"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Senior Manager in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Scotiabank full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Steady pay, decent benefits, flex hours

      Cons

      Lots of politics and favoritism.

      Advice to Management

      Accept hard truths

      Scotiabank2019-12-10

    4. "Great place"

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

      I have been working at Scotiabank full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Great place. Good people. Excellent profitable company

      Cons

      No opportunity to get promoted and bad leadership within IT

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing what you have done right for the past 189 years

      Scotiabank2019-12-09

    5. "Good job"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Customer Service Representative 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Scotiabank part-time

      Pros

      management is amazing coworkers are great the job in general is really good

      Cons

      Customers can be mean but the job

      Scotiabank2019-12-06

    6. "Good"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Universal Banker 

      I worked at Scotiabank full-time

      Pros

      Everything was good. Managers were nice.

      Cons

      Busy, long lineup, atms were down

      Scotiabank2019-12-06

    7. "Co-op Business Analyst"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Business Student in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Scotiabank full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Great place to work Employs hundreds of students each term with friendly opportunities and case competitions to leave a mark with management

      Cons

      Work may be repetitive at times but as is many entry level positions

      Scotiabank2019-12-04

    8. "Great working environment"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Project Coordinator (Retail) in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Scotiabank part-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Very nice place to work... staff and management are nice

      Cons

      all works well here. just needed a change of career

      Advice to Management

      none

      Scotiabank2019-12-04

    9. "Great place to work as a student"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Customer Service Representative 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Scotiabank part-time

      Pros

      Accommodate to your schedule

      Cons

      The banks have short work hours

      Scotiabank2019-12-04

    10. "Great company to work for"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Financial Advisor in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Scotiabank full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Great company to work for. Great training programs, great managers

      Cons

      None that I can think of at the moment

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the great work!

      Scotiabank2019-12-03
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