The company is a joke. - Claims Definity Employee Review

1.0
Apr 16, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- Good people/co-workers to work with. - Good pay/benefits

Cons

- Management is terrible: no support, poor/lack of communication from higher ups down to the front line. - Suggestions and feedback on how to improve on processes/work efficiency is always disregarded - No employee appreciation whatsoever; TOXIC CULTURE/WORK ENVIRONMENT - No work/life balance; the work load is ridiculous to the point that you have to stay back after your shift to get all your work done. The amount of work vs. the number of hours in a day is not sufficient and if you don't complete everything, you get dinged or rated for poor performance. - No growth, can't move up within the company unless you're on the list of "Favourites". - Stressful environment and you can't even seek out support or help because of the fear culture that if you're not fit to do your job, you can get fired. You may even work super hard but still will not get recognized. - The fear culture is big, can't ask questions, can't ask for help/support: i see people crying at their desk, no support for mental health. - Micro-managing to the max: the managers always just walk around, supervising us to "make sure" we're working - like we're in school and "can't talk in class". - One of the team leads i had during my time there was terrible, she lacks social skills (can't communicate properly, always saying things that are off topic/irrelevant, makes awkward/racial comments at times), lacks motivational skills to support and motivate the team, lacks leadership skills (the team leader wouldn't even support the team. i.e: throws the team member under the bus when dealing with escalations instead of resolving the issue). - The funny thing is that, not all the offices/branches are like this - some of the branches have it worse, which just goes to show the lack in management where some branches would get BETTER PERKS than others.

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Definity Response
5y
Thanks for your positive feedback about your team members — we agree that our people make Economical a great place to work, and we’re proud of how everyone pulls together to support our customers and brokers. While we’re happy to see the positive points you noted, we want to acknowledge the concerns you raised and let you know that we take this feedback seriously. We agree, a leader is someone who works with team members to help them succeed. Our HR team is available to help when employees and leaders need to talk through workplace issues like the ones you’ve described to arrive at better outcomes. We use feedback like this to help us understand where improvements can be made to drive improvements to our leadership hiring and development practices. It’s important to us that the work environment and employee experience is consistently supportive for everyone across the company. Thanks again for taking the time to share your perspective, and we wish you the best in your career.

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Definity Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review and for choosing to be a part of the Definity team!
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excellent individual contributors and team leaders

Cons

leadership has a high handed and disdainful attitude toward rank and file employees, culminating in the decision to force employees back in office 2 days a week without any discussion of safety concerns after working from home has produced exceptional results. This is a company that more than a half dozen times, starting in late 2020, thought it was a good time to reopen offices. Their solution this time is to simply refuse to acknowledge safety concerns, cancel large meetings and hide. It's clear they failed to learn from their disastrous attempt to save money by culling lazy, greedy do nothing IT workers and outsourcing many services, a disastrous failure that's taken them the better part of a decade to fix. They're unconcerned about loss of life, moral and quality employees who are receiving offers of higher pay without unnecessary risk of death for poorly defined, unquantifiable goals. They claim to be committed to fighting climate change but apparently see no connection between climate change and forcing hundreds of people to commute every day.

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Definity Response
3y
Thank you for sharing these concerns with us. A return to the office for employees was always in our communicated direction, but we understand that it means a change for many employees. Protecting the safety of our colleagues and ensuring that our teams feel valued remains our top priority. To do so, we maintain health and safety protocols at each of our offices and continue to consult healthcare professionals as employees return to having in-office / in-person moments. Our hybrid model is designed to be flexible as an opportunity for employees across different teams to collaborate and strengthen connections. We know it is not a “one size fits all” approach, so we’ve left it to the discretion of our teams to create a schedule that makes sense for them. If you have concerns about the hybrid approach, we’re here to help and we recommend that you reach out to your manager or Human Resources at hrsharedservices@definity.com.
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