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    1. "Above average"

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      Current Employee - Senior Financial Advisor in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Senior Financial Advisor in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Scotiabank full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      The work environment fosters a good team work culture

      Cons

      Long hours and bigger branches are still decorated from the 90s!

    2. "Audit Analyst"

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      Former Contractor - Anonymous Contractor
      Former Contractor - Anonymous Contractor

      I worked at Scotiabank as a contractor

      Pros

      Positive culture
      Vacation
      Work closely with upper management - lots of exposure

      Cons

      Long hours - difficult to maintain work life balance

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    3. "Risk Management"

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      Former Contractor - Risk Manager in Toronto, ON
      Former Contractor - Risk Manager in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Scotiabank as a contractor (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good work environment and technology.

      Cons

      Long hours and layers of managment

    4. Helpful (1)

      "Scotiafunds Financial Reporting Team"

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

      I have been working at Scotiabank full-time

      Pros

      Get to partake in a variety of work.

      Cons

      Very long hours during annual reporting and semi reporting periods (up to 12 hours every day at least)

    5. "Senior Recruitment Consultant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great culture, hard work rewarded

      Cons

      Long hours, no work life balance model

    6. Helpful (2)

      "I was not a fan of Scotiabank."

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      Former Employee - Financial Advisor in Whitby, ON
      Former Employee - Financial Advisor in Whitby, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Scotiabank full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Nice people
      Talking to customers is fun

      Cons

      Rushed training
      Long hours
      Not much room to move up
      Job seems dishonest as customers were coming in for advice and management wanted us to push product on them

      Advice to Management

      Train employees better

    7. "Processing Clerk review"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      the lunch room was great and that was about it

      Cons

      long hours and low pay scale

    8. "Sales and Service Associate"

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      Former Employee - Sales and Service Associate in Trinidad, WA (US)
      Former Employee - Sales and Service Associate in Trinidad, WA (US)
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Scotiabank full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Steady Reliable and Productive

      Cons

      Long hours less pay and slow growth

      Advice to Management

      Pay employees more for the extensive hours and have better benefits

    9. "Corporate Banking Analyst"

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      Former Intern - Anonymous Intern
      Former Intern - Anonymous Intern
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Scotiabank as an intern

      Pros

      - peers. managers were great and everyone got along well.
      - work events to get everyone together outside of work

      Cons

      - long hours
      - work was repetitive

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Senior Manager"

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      Former Employee - Senior Manager in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Senior Manager in Toronto, ON

      I worked at Scotiabank full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      ability to work with cross functional teams across different regions

      Cons

      long hours, travel meant working at least 16 hours a day.

      Advice to Management

      work - life balance can be improved.