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      Pacific Life

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      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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
      Jan 7, 2009

      Pacific Life is a good company, but could be great with help from its employees.

      Supervisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Financial strength, stability, opportunities in multiple divisions, benefits, flexibility in work schedules, ample time off along with the ability to purchase more, location

      Cons

      Lack of leadership development programs, lack of training in cross-functions, communication from management to employees could certainly be improved as employees in most areas seem to be on a "need-to-know" basis when they should know everything management can disclose at all times

      4.0
      Oct 28, 2008

      PacLIfe

      Attorney
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Helpful feedback from management reviews.

      Cons

      Competitiveness amongst peers is extreme, backstabbing.

      3.0
      Aug 28, 2008

      You take the good and take the bad you take them both and there you have Pacific Life

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great Benefits. The company provides excellent benefits and tries to be a "do good things" company. They take care of their employees with a large number working there over 20+ years. Pacific Life is an old company that will be around for years to come so there is no worry about chaning markets and layoffs. They seem comitted to hiring people when they need them verus staffing up and down like other companies in the industry. Most Pacific Life staff had a deep understanding of the over all business and understand what each division does. They often use the the term "working for the Whale" when people start to talk about benefiting their division only, really pressing the One company approach.

      Cons

      Pacific Life is an old company adn they have a lot of people who have been there for 20+ years. There is a lot of difficulty in getting processes and procedure changed from the "this is the way we have always done it" approach. Politics are something to be mastered either before working here or while working here else you will not stay aroudn very long. I have heard from many people that the average employee usually leaves in the first few years or they are a long term employee. there are very few people who leave after 5 to 10 years.

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