Great-West Life Assurance – “Old Style Management. Top Down Management approach does not work.”

Pros

- Repetitive work. If you like doing the same thing on a daily basis great.
- Appears to be have some type of Job security, especially in the Business environment. Less so in IT.
- They spend money on landscaping their lawn and company looks nice from outside.
- Free lunch per month when you retire. (Big deal).

Cons

- Boring
- Get things done approach from top down, without much decision
- Nice lansdcape, but hey cubicle walls from the 70's still in used in Head Office where clients do not see.
- Company with very optics aware from public stand point.
- Non Transparent approach when dealing with employee compensation.
- If you have some hopes to be in Management...good luck unless you have an actuarial degree.
- Low morale.
- Bad pension plan. They compensate you with a free lunch once a month.
- One word: If you are a dore in GWL, you go no where in the corporate ladder. If you are a BS type individual you have some light in the turnel.

Advice to Senior Management

You cannot advice management, because they do not listen. Its a top down approach style. Nothing change from the CEO change over to Loney except more work down the corporate ladder. Canada Life was a mistake.