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Brian J. Porter
1,568 Ratings
Pros
"Good Team, Work life balance is great" (in 252 reviews)
"Excellent work environment with extremely professional staff that always looked to put customers first" (in 243 reviews)
Cons
"Work life balance sometimes is off" (in 101 reviews)
"Long hours, large part of pay is bonus" (in 65 reviews)
Reviews about "work life balance"
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"It was a good experience"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Scotiabank full-time
Pros
Pay, Customers, Free Banking and Benefites
Cons
No work life balance If you have a family with young kids
"Good place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Scotiabank full-time for more than a year
Pros
good place to work. Work life balance is good.
Cons
Not much growth opportunities and learning
"It's a bank"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Scotiabank full-time
Pros
Decent benefits, good work-life balance.
Cons
Very restrictive work environment, bank culture.
"Employer Review"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Scotiabank full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Decent work life balance, work atmosphere not too stressful
Cons
Below market salaries and no growth plan discussed.
- Helpful (1)
"culture change to compete in the industry"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Scotiabank full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
recent implementation of a performance oriented culture
Cons
the new culture is transitioning into a toxic work life balance situation
"Benefits of working at Scotia"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Scotiabank full-time for more than a year
Pros
1. There are plenty of growth opportunities in the bank 2. Flexible working environment 3. Good engagement with senior management with transparency
Cons
1. The work volume is high - less work-life balance 2. Obsolete system
"Bad Work-Life Balance"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Scotiabank full-time for more than a year
Pros
Steady income, big corporation, big network
Cons
Bad Work-Life Balance, worse pay than other banks
"Good place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Scotiabank full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Compensation is good Work environment is good
Cons
Work life balance can suffer
"Middle of the road FI trending from above average to below average employer"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Scotiabank full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Above average job security and opportunity within the company.
Cons
Politics, pay is not competitive, quality of work is near the bottom of the list of priorities in terms of recognition, appearance of providing work/life balance is used to disguise complete lack of care for mental well-being of staff.
"great"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Scotiabank full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
good hours work life balance good ethics
Cons
limit opp to go up
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