Manulife Financial Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Manulife Financial full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – A very diverse and forward-thinking organization with core values kept front and centre, Organization is accountable and invests in a diverse set of markets. Any finance professional can get its feet wet and find reasons for growth, accomplishment and learning

Cons – Advances can always be made in some of the methodologies and practices. The entrepreneurial spirit does give opportunities for advancement

Advice to Senior Management – Improve communication between senior management and staff; Review outdated processes and reports

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Manulife Financial full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Long term career, Good benefits

Cons – Big company you have to have good work ethic

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Manulife Financial full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Endless opportunities for advancement so long as you have the right work ethic, drive and ambition. Great workers are well taken care of

Cons – Large company and average benefits

Advice to Senior Management – Improve benefit package

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Manulife Financial full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Manulife is great in many aspects such as providing a great work/life balance and flexible workday. The pay and benefits are competitive. Working in different departments is great because it is like moving companies as the departments are so diverse.

Cons – Advancement not always based on merit or ability; lots of "who you know". While the internal hiring is promoted as an important aspect of Manulife, the HR team doesn't look at giving people the opportunity to stretch

Advice to Senior Management – Review the project decisions that are made because mid managers and line areas will manipulate business cases to satisfy their objective yet it may not be the right overall decision.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Manulife Financial full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Flexible hours (good work-life balance); it is fairly easy to move up the ranks with hard work and strong performance.

Cons – Bureaucratic organization structure; information gap between senior management and middle management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Manulife Financial full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Nonso mucho good place to woork

Cons – Many a career distroyed here

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Manulife Financial full-time for more than a year

Pros – People are fine, have some nice company benefits, workload are fine (depending on the teams)

Cons – Poor working environment, company norms / culture is bad (inactive in style, less communication), doesn't have any free food or drinks provided in the pantry (all self provide), work is boring and less challenging (Only choose to join if you enjoy or willing to provide the supporting work to the corporate), company are very strict about money usage (lead to "stingy" scenarios), work station or equipment are bad / outdated, work and performance oriented, a lot of website access limitation

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Manulife Financial full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – potential to advance within company

Cons – very rigid approach to processes

Advice to Senior Management – stop mico management of staff

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Manulife Financial

Pros – Up until now it was fairly stable.

Cons – In recent years there was a lot of volatility

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Manulife Financial full-time for more than a year

Pros – Several conferences throughout the year with lots of free alcohol!

Cons – Sweat shop environment that is driven by call centre metrics: dials and meetings booked.

Advice to Senior Management – It's nice that our CEO gets a raise, what about regular Manulife employees? What happened to controlling expenses? Management should lead by example.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company