If you end up in the operation department, your chance of growth is pretty limited. Job content does not require you to advance your technical skills/fundamental knowledge. Management does not favor those who progress into certificates/higher education (since job does not require those knowledge). Slim to none team culture. I won't even expect people to say hi if they run into each other outside work.Good work-life balance. You can log off at 5.

Pros

work-life balance

Cons

no growth and team culture

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you work in global teams, learn something new every day

Manager (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 22 June 2022

I have found the learning that i have gotten here to be so valuable, and people are always willing to spend the time to explain things. You get to work on global projects and get exposed to a level of complexity that makes the work interesting. It does mean there are some team calls outside work hours, but you can flex your time if necessary.

Pros

Scale of the global platform and interesting work. People are nice

Cons

can be intense so make sure you are up for that but if you love what you do, you will love doing it here

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Insights into CPP Investments

Based on 4 survey responses

What people like

Fair pay for job

Areas for improvement

Feeling of personal appreciation
Inclusive work environment
Trust in colleagues

Not as inclusive as they say

Manager (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 4 January 2021

The work culture is old fashion and punitive. Depending on your role there is a huge concern of being de-skilled. Pay and benefits are generous and bonus is quite good. However, if you leave the company you might not be as competitive with your peers in the job market. The work culture is not as diverse and inclusive as they like and they do not crack down on inappropriate behaviour.

Pros

Generous benefits and above industry pay

Cons

Senior managers and above get away with inappropriate behaviour, company org structure is disproportionate including mostly senior people

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Silo teams

Quantitative Analyst - Public Markets Investment Risk (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 23 October 2020

No interaction between teams. Bureaucratic. Takes long time to get approvals. Business stakeholders don't respect technology teams . Most teams have a database under their desk in their own systems

Pros

brand name

Cons

slow pace

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One of the most stressful places

IT Consultant (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 10 June 2020

The place doesn’t respect your work/personal balance .. no transparency.. disrespectful directors and management .. it is reflection of the upper management messages percolating down ..

Pros

Good money

Cons

No stability or transparency

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Great place to work

Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 8 April 2020

Great team , lots of in house training and seminar . Able to meet with people from other departments. Flexible with work from home and supportive . I would recommend this place

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New CTO has not clue what she is doing

Sr. Developer (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 30 March 2020

Worst CTO ever met, start multiple projects in not just different but contrary directions. Dictate what she wants and barely hear what other senior staff said. Bring her buddy in, kick out good people, bring her consultant firm in, kick out existing excellent vendor.

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Great workplace

Project Manager - Data Systems (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 30 March 2020

Awesome work environment to develop your career and learn new skills. Great supportive management who has the employees interest at heart. Totally reccomend.

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Overall Experience

QA Consultant (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 21 February 2020

Working at CPPIB was great. I really enjoyed my time here. My team was wonderful and work was not very stressful. full control on job/life balance, closer to eaton centre so location was awesome.

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Productive and fun workplace

Administrator (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 18 February 2020

Very team oriented culture, management very approachable. Excellent work environment for employees. Dynamic leadership that is very considerate about employee wellbeing.

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Very Stressful Environment

Senior Business Specialist (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 12 February 2020

This company has a weird culture. The manager who hired me was excellent. After another manager took over our team, the culture was completely changed - very stressful.

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A high performing, collaberative organization with the highest integrity.

Director - Finance (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 26 December 2019

It was an honour and privilege to have had the opportunity to work at the CPPIB. It is first class organization that cares about employees and a place where what you do and how you perform matters to every Canadian.

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Great working place

Analyst, Private Equity Funds, Investment Operations (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 21 October 2019

Great working place. Over all I like the company.Dynamic working environment. Work and life balance. Great working experience with the company. Recommend working here.

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compensation is good but constant changes and long hours

Associate (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 26 August 2019

People are good. System and process can be improved Pros: salaries, benefits, defined contribution pension Cons: things are always changing; hours can be long

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A very Political and toxic workplace

Business Intelligence Developer (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 8 July 2019

Lot of hierarchy, people concentrate more on playing politics than doing work. Bunch of incapable employees who are taking home a lot of money and doing no work. Non deserving people holding management roles with no vision or focus.

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Best place to work

Management Consultant (Project Management) (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 13 June 2019

best place to work in Toronto financial services market. Fast paced, lean, focussed. No unnecessary bureaucracy. Great people, team work, team spirit. Excellent benefits

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Great salary, toxic envirinment.

Analyst, Corporate Governance and Legal (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 27 May 2019

There is a favouritism to employees who have been there from the beginning, warranted or not. And these employee's arrogance and high handed treatment of other staff is unparalleled. If an employee reports this treatment or objects to it, you soon find your position eliminated due to "reorganization", a favourite catch phrase of the CPPIB. This was the worst experience of my career.

Pros

Salary

Cons

Favourtism to long standing employees, whether warranted or not.

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Worst company

Team lead (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 11 April 2019

It used to be a good place but now it is horrible. Very poor leadership No management No work life balance Full time employees can abuse Contractors openly.

Pros

Technology is good

Cons

Anybody can abuse you

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Is a good company to work at.

Senior Fund Accountant (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 22 February 2019

This company is very professional. The staff are well organized and make sure communicate when meetings are to take place. There is a good sense of getting along.

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nepotism as it's worst

Senior Associate (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 19 January 2019

do not recommend working here...career progression solely based on who you know and not credibility bad leadership and upper management big 'face time' culture no work flexibility

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Working with time sensitive goals

Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 27 December 2018

The most enjoyable part of the job is working with your co-workers, learning and leveraging their strengths to achieve goals. The hardest part of the job is the occasional long hours needed to meet tight deadlines. Overall, a good learning experience for traditional corporate office operations but lacks innovation and open-mindedness due hierarchical structure that often block or limit communication channels and minimal skills in change management during rapid growth spurts.