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Western Financial Group

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Western Financial Group reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(399 total reviews)
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Grant Ostir

71% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Western Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 399 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Western Financial Group 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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399 reviews
1.0
Sep 14, 2018

Would not recommend working here

Anonymous employee
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Pros

paid vacation, personal days and sick days

Cons

No support from management and above Not enough front line staff Not paid near enough money for the work Low office morale Different rules for different staff Throw new staff to the wolves and hope they survive Management implements plans that work for them and not for staff. They have no concept of how to deal with staff problems away from work, especially those who have family outside Canada Too high sales targets and staff are being constantly hit with new targets and threatened when they aren't reaching them. If a manager dislikes you, you might as well pack your bags and walk before you are pushed

1.0
May 18, 2015

Clean out the dead weight

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

All good people for the most part. Acting CEO, the founder is a wonderful person. So were many of the VP's that have since departed. Head Office is rural, so they understand the needs of the rural customer.

Cons

Too many IT Managers with insufficient skills but making decisions. Western is weeding out nice to have positions to cut expenses, seeing many people depart and more to come. Hopefully they will look at Winnipeg and cut a few of silo thinking managers. Also, why does the PMO have a Manager for 3 PM's, I'd say that is micro management. You have Managers will no people skills in many of the divisions (WFIC and WLA). Employee engagement is way down, clean up HR, they are beyond a clicky crowd, poor people skills, and escalate without the right skills. It's a disaster right now, stir clear until Desjardins cleans up the mess the former CEO made of Western.

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