Empower reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(2,441 total reviews)
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Edmund F. Murphy III

80% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Empower has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,441 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Empower employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Oct 27, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

If you like low stress for low pay it might be the place for you. Good campus with many amenities such as cafeteria, covered parking, gym, store, dry cleaning, etc.

Cons

Managers with little or no people skills. No training or personal development. Get treated the same if you screw up or go the extra mile. Compensation and bonuses are not tied to individual performance.

1.0
Oct 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you had not other options, it would be a (small) paycheck till you can find something else. Other good things: free parking, a lot of anonymity (because you certainly do not matter), starbucks is across the street.

Cons

the main downsides are management, corporate culture, salary and how no one matters. You will not matter at Great-West. Don't trick yourself into thinking you will. You will sit in a tiny cubicle and be overworked and underpaid. You will work your ass off, only to be told you're not doing enough and you can surely do better. Oh and the elevators are totally unsafe, they drop a few feet frequently. Just a matter of time...

2.0
Oct 10, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It's there. You come in, do your job, get your meager pay-check, and go home. Otherwise, good if you're a senior manager.

Cons

Might be a decent place if you're a manger, but not a good place to work at a staff level. The starting pay is very low, with annual adjustments only in the 3.5% range. It was explained to me once that GWLA always tries to pay at the 45 percetile in salary surveys. Turn-over is high, and whenever a position opens up, the supervisor/manager trying to full the position constantly complain how difficult it is to full the position at the low wages. I've seen managers frequently get promoted, but rarely see staff or supervisors get promoted. Often see low level manager/supervisor positions filled from the outside. [Given how much managers complain about filling staff positions at such low wages, I can't help but wonder if managers feel it would be easier to hire a manger, than to promote and need to replace staff.] Unless you're a senior manager, there is no career development or professional growth. You basically are there to do your current job, and that's it. I've never worked for a company that didn't have some kind of career development, goals, etc as part of the annual review processes; GWLA doesn't.

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