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Good management, poor leads
Benefits representative (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 27 April 2023
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The most useful review selected by IndeedThey talk about warm leads & easy sales which is not at all true. You will get a lead pack , half of them are old and contacted multiple times. Rest half leads has no idea what they signed up for. People ask for a child safe kit online and end up being a lead in this insurance company.
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Allows you control of your time and career
Sales Agent (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 6 September 2019
With the sole aim of protecting as many working families and kids as possible, everyday is another opportunity to help a family and progress in your career. You get the chance to retire home daily knowing that you have added value to someone's future.
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Poor Management. Terrible leads and they'll cut you loose.
Field Representative for members of labour unions (Former Employee) - London, ON - 28 August 2019
Traboulay couldn't even book appointments on the phone, yet he expects you to land sales or he fires you.
They then hammer their clients multiple times per year to upsell them more.
Pros
None
Cons
Low pay scale, no security, Kills your car.
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Insurance sale is not real good
Insurance Agent (Former Employee) - Halifax, ON - 22 August 2019
It is not a real job. No salary on it. You just make commission. They always make you feel like a garbage.The data they give you even 40 years ago. So it means you customer die!
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Not a great environment
Life Insurance Agent, Supervisor - Full Time (Former Employee) - London, ON - 21 August 2019
This revolves around how much you push insurance at families and how well you are trained to do so. Getting into people's houses with a free child safe kit/will kit and pushing them to decide right away. Then be ready for people to cancel & you have to pay back what you got paid
Pros
Got my life insurance license LLQP but that wasnt provided by the company
Cons
Awful management and huge amounts of wasted time
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Great training but tough commision based structure
Licensed insurance agent (Current Employee) - Burnaby, BC - 7 August 2019
Don't go for it if you're not willing to invest the 1st year time and savings till your skills and sales curve start to pay off...very risky! training is great!
Pros
Training
Cons
Comission based
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I think they made it seem so good, but really it wasn’t .
Insurance Agent (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 5 August 2019
They get you in the meetings, pumping you up and telling you how great the company is. Everybody working there is there for themselves and was not a friendly work environment
Pros
Get paid once a week
Cons
Take union dues from you every week, not a friendly place, poor leadership
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Hard to start getting on top of wter, but enjoyable if you succeed.
Supervising Agent (Former Employee) - Windsor, ON - 26 July 2019
Worked there for a year, he door was always open to use the office space at ones choosing, as well as other salespeople willing to help guide you through your sales problems.
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great place to work with friends!
Mobile Benefits Specialist (Former Employee) - edmonton - 23 July 2019
everything was good. just didn't like the outbound type of sales constantly. very good place for people who like sales and don't mind going house to house.
Pros
good people
Cons
long hours
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Not good
Sales Representative (Current Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 17 July 2019
Not the best place to work. Multi Level marketing company with not too much good to say about.
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The whole thing is dishonest. Really not a good place.
Agent (Former Employee) - Mount Pearl, NL - 3 July 2019
Surprisingly they are rated much better than one would expect. Pyramid scam. They expect you to get your friends to come to work and then you both make money of the friends. Build a pyramid. They are not honest when they hire you. Very easy to get caught up in the brainwash tactics.
Pros
None
Cons
Not honest
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Read before you work here!
Career Agent (Former Employee) - Canada - 2 July 2019
I began my journey with AIL being told I would make 40-60k per year or more depending on how much work that you put into it.
The job originally sounded appealing because they preach that you will have work/life balance and that "family comes first". I was looking to work for a company that has a family culture. However that is completely NOT the case. To rewind I had originally applied on a job recruiting website and was called a day or two later to schedule an interview. I showed up to the interview and was surprised to see that there were 20+ other candidates. They stated that they were running behind so I waited about 1 hour before sitting down with the person interviewing me. After the initial interview if they liked you they herd you into another room for a "competitive interview" which turned out to just be them telling you how awesome AIL is and how it will change your life and how the opportunity is endless. It was not an interview at all just the head manager of that office telling you how lucky you are to be "chosen" for the competitive interview, videos about the company basically brainwashing you into thinking you are stupid if you don't join. I ended up being there for about 3 hours and wasted a majority of my day sitting around waiting for the "next step". I ended up being chosen to move forward and was told that I would need to purchase a Life Insurance License (over $230) and had to complete it within 2 weeks or they would not pay for my Provincial exam (Over $100). I rushed to complete it and was told that during that time I also had to be present at the -
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Success driven
INSURANCE AGENT (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 2 July 2019
Success driven work
Heavy prospect and lead gathering
Flexible hours
Great pay for work accomplished
Focused and driven workers will make a good living
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Fun place to work and grow
Sales Manager (Current Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 18 June 2019
if youre willing to put the work in and have the character needed easy to grow and earn, very rewarding compensation structure and great culture for fun
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Fun workplace, flexible hours, good pay.
Agent (Current Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 18 June 2019
I've been working with the company for over a year now and have learned ALOT when it comes to sales. They have amazing training and leaders that are there to help you any time of the day. Great paying job if you're willing to work hard. Amazing office culture as well, everyone helps each other out and it kinda feels like family. Fantastic benefits.
Pros
Good pay, excellent benefits, great culture
Cons
Weird hours. Commission only.
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Very challenging but rewarding
Field Sales Manager // Calgary (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 11 June 2019
This job changed my life, you really have to be ready to face a lot of your fears with this job when it comes to working strictly commission based salary and having uncomfortable conversations with people.
You sell life insurance, which is hard to sell in and of itself but having to talk with people about their own mortality, financial impact of death on the family and what happens when someone gets seriously hurt in their family is HARD and VERY UNCOMFORTABLE to do.
Although very hard to do. this is one the most important conversations you can have with a family period and if you can get over yourself and your own emotional inhibitions about doing it
IT PAYS REALLY WELL and the benefits are great, full dental full coverage for prescriptions.
There is a bit of a learning curve in the beginning where you don’t make any money so if you can’t cover you bills and live for a month without a pay check I wouldn’t start this job just yet.
Great management, one of the best training platforms ever.
I grew exponentially as a person and as a salesman at this company and the emotional fortitude required to be successful at this particular job really bleeds over into other areas of your life
Pros
Great commission and bonus structure
Cons
If you can’t set boundaries you won’t have a solid work life balance
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Great place to work, but it is NOT easy. As with anything you get paid what you put in. Sometimes long hours, but you control your schedule.
You get paid what your worth by setting your own schedule and the amount of time you work. This expecting an easy ride might as well look elsewhere. If it was easy everyone would do it. Those that have a great work ethic and are willing to put the time in, will do very well. Those that don’t, well won’t. As with any job, you don’t work, you don’t have a job
Pros
Great management, paid is high, benefits are amazing, set your own schedule and targets
Cons
Major self discipline
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Constant learning and advancement of skills to become the best version of yourself.
Advisor / Sales Agent (Current Employee) - Burnaby, BC - 18 May 2019
A day in the office would begin with training classes for certain skills that need to be improved all the time. Training that is tailored to your needs and management support all new and rookie agents with whatever they need to become successful. Very supportive and fruitful environment for people to grow. Not a cut throat office where people are only there for themselves and out to beat each other.
Most enjoyable part of the job is enrolling families in our benefits and the feeling knowing that this family is protected for life whenever anything happens to them. Hardest part of the job is the discipline and motivation you have to have for yourself to grow. No one is pushing and checking on you every hour to see what you've done. You need to be a workhorse when no one is watching you and when no one is breathing down your neck about how much work you need to do.
Pros
Office supplies/expenses paid for
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glad I took the chance
Agent (Current Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 14 May 2019
Applied to the company after seeing how well a family member was doing. I was skeptical at first, but now being a licensed agent and out in the field it all makes sense. It is not as easy as I thought it would be, it requires a lot of hard work, and especially at the beginning some fairly long hours. More importantly the people within the office, management and mentors make all the difference in the world and will help you succeed in any way they can.
Pros
Financial freedom, amazing culture, incredible mentors
Cons
Hard work, sometimes long hours
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Excellent company to work for
General Manager Benefits (Former Employee) - Oakville, ON - 12 May 2019
Excellent company to work for. Great culture. Great leadership. Great Management support, great training.
Subsidiary of Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK). Over 100 year’s well-known and trusted history for providing life insurance and health benefits with more than 7,000 workers in three countries with total US$ 4 Million annual revenue
Pros
Great team
Cons
none
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Amazing opportunity for dedicated people
Supervising agent (Current Employee) - London, ON - 12 May 2019
This company is great, it rewards hard work, provides all training and support.
The culture is wonderful, everyone is eager to help and are positive and friendly.
Not only is the compensation amazing, but there are medical/dental benefits included.
Pros
Medical and dental benefits, great compensation package, paid for the work you do, no limits on earnings, friendly family culture
Cons
Some long hours, but worth it for the pay. Requires dedication and ability to manage emotional up's and downs
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