Sun Life Reviews

Pros

Excellent and caring Management. Genuine interest in staff development and growth. Much emphasis upon learning and desire for each employee to contribute and participate in department goals and objectives.

Cons

Routine daily responsibilities can sometimes become boring.

Advice to Management

Stay the course...

Pros

Work Life Balance Great people to work with

Cons

Below avg pay for top Talent

Pros

Direct leadership was great at the managerial and director level. I personally cannot comment on Senior Leadership as I did not have more than a couple of interactions with them. From my experience (5 years) we were allowed to be professionals and given projects that had an impact on our business and helping to serve the teams we were directly responsible for. We had the opportunity to share our expertise with other...

Cons

Nothing significant. Management was open to discussion and refining/considering our team/individual contributions.

Advice to Management

Continue to work towards Mr. Dave Jones's vision of fanatical customer service and continue to develop the processes to serve clients.

Pros

Great support from management. Through training to help advisors like myself run their practice. Management in the Scarborough office give you incentives to and training round to fully perfect your skills in each and every department of your process. Friendly environment to work with the people in the Scarborough office. Everyone is there to help you assist in business. One good thing about he Financial centre 14...

Cons

The success ratio depends on your individual capacity to make your own schedule and be disciplined. This job offers a lot of flexibility so some advisors may not fully utilize it to its capacity. So success relies on your hard work solely. You either win at his job or you lose, depends on your efforts.

Advice to Management

Great Scarborough Diamonds management style. I perhaps have the best team to rely on. They give you their time and help to help you in every aspect of your business.

Pros

Good benefits and decent salary for an entry level position

Cons

Not many young people working on my team

Pros

Large company, with potential for exposure

Cons

Too many "lifers" who say, it has always been this way, that are reluctant to change. And rather than looking at themselves to promote change, they blame the younger generation for not having worked there as long as them so they couldn't possible know how to do/fix a problem.

Advice to Management

Be innovative and strategic.

Pros

Salary is fair, benefits good

Cons

You are a number, not a name. Principles you are expected to adhere to in serving customers is not adhered to by management. The tools you are given to do your job are insufficient and highly in-efficient. The disappointment of your clients wares you down, management doesn’t care.

Advice to Management

Spend more time managing your employees, be more hands on with your help and advice rather than constantly deferring responsibility on others or the employee

Pros

Best reason to work with Sun Life Financial is being able to develop yourself and gain more skills.

Cons

A great company to work, I did not experienced any downsize