- Poor Management, unexplained firing and lots of turnover
- No career progression opportunities
- Senior Management are predominately from the Big 5 banks who were laid off due to poor performance and masked as top hires
- Head of HR lacks basic HR skills, she spends >80% of her time “working from home” and is rarely available
- VP’s & Directors spend lavishly on 1st class flights between Ottawa & Toronto
- CEO is more focused on winning meaningless awards; including the AON employer award which is an employer he once worked for
- 60% of the organization’s bonus pool is allocated to a handful of senior management
- Key employees are fired without reason after being significant contributors on top projects
- Region leaders are quick to point blame to other departments due to their inability to produce sales within their regions/districts
- Branch managers are "old school" and lack the skills needed to motivate their staff to be sales oriented. Many have been in their roles for too long and do not have
- Key employees who are capable are held back by others who create obstacles and/or resist change
- TURNOVER, key teams have lost almost all of their employees because they've either been fired or have realized that there is no growth and have left the company on their own will
- Many individuals on the management side including branch managers are great at telling others what to do and complaining. They will almost never put pen to paper to complete an ask. For example, not one has even prepared a PowerPoint themselves to present an idea.
- Salary is well below industry standard (do your research)
- Pension is only available after working for 1 year
- Work/life can be challenging at times due to the back and forth on non-value add work which is pushed by management who simply "create work"
- Employees are not allowed to work from home, even though this was guaranteed at time of hire
