Scotiabank Employee Reviews about "people"
77% would recommend to a friend
(1256 total reviews)
Scott Thomson
81% approve of CEO
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Return to all Reviews- 4.0Mar 3, 2015Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 10 years
Pros
Work-life balance and opportunities for people who has been trained in another country and have experience with multi-cultural markets.
Cons
Commuting is one of the main reasons as I wish to re-locate to a job closer to my house, school, etc.
- 5.0Feb 21, 2013Business AnalystFormer Employee, more than 1 yearToronto, ON
Pros
Relaxed work place. Good location. Helpful managers Networking events that encourage employees to meet people and discuss various career advancement options within the banks.
Cons
Salary could have been higher for the kind of role I was working on.
- 3.0Jul 5, 2021DirectorFormer Employee, more than 10 yearsToronto, ON
Pros
There are some awesome people working across the Bank that are great to work with. The pay is good and so are the benefits. The Bank is also doing great things in the community, especially during the pandemic.
Cons
Some executives operate much like a high school popularity hierarchy spreading gossip about other people and creating a culture of competition, fear, and distrust. People are promoted to leadership positions with little to no leadership competencies resulting in many toxic hotspots across the organization. Toxic bosses are valued because they get results. Executives say they care about mental health yet pile on work and increase expectations while not considering the pandemic, working from home and family-life. Many people are feeling burnt out and morale is low as they are letting people go all across the Bank. Many colleagues who have worked for other FIs say Scotia is the worst for work/life balance. People are over capacity and still being asked to stretch themselves. While they've made some good strides in advancing more Women to higher level roles (VP+), most of these Women are White and there is hardly any representation of diverse backgrounds on the Executive team or Board with the majority being White Straight Cis Men.
3 - 3.0Nov 9, 2018Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
Some very driven and smart people trying to make a difference for both clients and the bank itself.
Cons
Should increase focus on improving quality of earnings by calibrating global businesses.
- 5.0Nov 22, 2022Media DepartmentCurrent Contractor, more than 3 yearsToronto, ON
Pros
- Very thoughtful and kind employees who care about the people more than the work and the deadlines - Opportunity for growth, this company is very forward-thinking and future-oriented - Work from home is allowed
Cons
- Slow to give raises or promotions. You really have to stick your neck out and make a lot of noise if you want to make any moves.
- 3.0Feb 3, 2019Financial AdvisorFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsToronto, ON
Pros
There are some wonderful people working at Scotiabank and the retail branches were great to work at.
Cons
The goals were raised to unreachable levels, support staff were laid off, you don’t have enough time in the day to sell everything expected and do the paperwork so you must stay at least an hour extra unpaid daily just to get your work done. With goals being so high, some people will cheat to achieve them and sign people up for things unknowingly or give them products other than what they asked for. This makes it look like the honest employees don’t work hard enough.
2 - 3.0Oct 10, 2023Financial AdvisorCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearToronto, ON
Pros
Good work place. People inside the bank are very helpful and the FA program helps to escalate faster.
Cons
No work life balance at all. Too much work pressure and salary is very poor.
- 4.0Apr 6, 2021DeveloperCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearToronto, ON
Pros
My experience with Scotiabank has been really good. People are friendly, Very Communicative Managers. Very Flexible work environment.
Cons
I feel people can be a little bit more innovative and aggressive towards performance of the project. A very non-us type work culture, I worked in US as a contractor for 2 years, things will always be eccentric and aggressive.
- 3.0Mar 1, 2021Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, more than 10 years
Pros
The people are amazing and there are many positions available if you are very flexible. Pay is good
Cons
Difficult to keep low level staff with hours available and work expected. Hard to maintain 2 p/t jobs but no f/t positions available at lower levels
- 4.0Dec 31, 2020Senior ManagerCurrent EmployeeCalgary, AB
Pros
Overall one of the better top 5 banks in Canada. Lots of talent pool here
Cons
Unfair behaviour amongst the team Current group lead has no people skills and takes credit for his team and never recognizes anyone
