Pacific Life reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(684 total reviews)
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Darryl Button

65% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Pacific Life has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 684 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pacific Life employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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684 reviews
4.0
Mar 10, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company tries to do whats best for the long term success of the company and employees. It may not be the company to hit a lot of home runs but it will be around for the long term game.

Cons

Because of it long history, it is sometimes difficult to promote change in a culture that may seem very rigid. This may be changing and the old guard goes out and new blood comes in.

1.0
Feb 16, 2013

Beware!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice location, if you can handle traffic. Very expensive to live nearby.

Cons

Extremely poor leadership. Not structured like any other insurance company - titles here are NOT the same as titles at other companies, and the way they operate is unlike anything I have ever seen.

1.0
Jan 8, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get a paycheck at the cost of your well being.

Cons

This place is the worst place I've ever worked at. I actually worked there from 2001-2003. In reading the more recent reviews..not much has changed. The micro-managing, the blacklists, management explicitly telling you "a good employee is one that shuts their trap and pretend everything is good", littered with extremely poor managers. Won't even approve your educational reimbursements even though it was promised as part of the benefit. This is a sad and extremely demoralizing place to work. I was so so happy when I finally got out.

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