Wawanesa Insurance
Wawanesa Insurance Employee Reviews
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Great place to work
Supervisor (Current Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 12 February 2019
Top 5!
1) People...the environment I work in, in Edmonton is healthy and fun. I am not a micro manager. I do expect the best and extend trust to the staff.
2) Pay and Benefits...for the most part, I’ve been compensated fairly with a few hiccups in regards to two poor leaders who didn’t know what they were doing. Played favorites...unfair-inaccurate performance assessments...subjective rather than objective data.
3) Lots of opportunity to grow and move throughout the company. You’re not stuck in one role for the life of your career.
4) The company is making major improvements that improve systems and processes. Getting with the times. This includes developing its leadership team Nationally. Hopefully moving away some leaders from the strong arm and micro management approach.
5) Moving towards taking care of their number one asset—employees. Take care of the employee and they will take care of the business and the customers.
1) People...the environment I work in, in Edmonton is healthy and fun. I am not a micro manager. I do expect the best and extend trust to the staff.
2) Pay and Benefits...for the most part, I’ve been compensated fairly with a few hiccups in regards to two poor leaders who didn’t know what they were doing. Played favorites...unfair-inaccurate performance assessments...subjective rather than objective data.
3) Lots of opportunity to grow and move throughout the company. You’re not stuck in one role for the life of your career.
4) The company is making major improvements that improve systems and processes. Getting with the times. This includes developing its leadership team Nationally. Hopefully moving away some leaders from the strong arm and micro management approach.
5) Moving towards taking care of their number one asset—employees. Take care of the employee and they will take care of the business and the customers.
Pros
Working here
Cons
Not working here
not a good company to work for
Claims (Former Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 14 February 2019
Unless you're friends with management or a male you will not get anywhere in this company. Many people have left for this reason. I have many complaints and they will not hesitate to ambush you to try and force you out. I do not recommend this company and they do not look after their staff or care about their concerns
Productive company
Auto Insurance Broker Co-Ordinator (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 10 February 2019
code applications, customer service
insurance
management tried very hard to ensure their employees are treated well
team building activities
rude customers/brokers
great internal culture goes a long way as far as raising employee engagement and motivating employees at the workplace goes
insurance
management tried very hard to ensure their employees are treated well
team building activities
rude customers/brokers
great internal culture goes a long way as far as raising employee engagement and motivating employees at the workplace goes
Pros
professional and impressively knowledgeable on every level of the industry
Cons
Old-school mentality/ micromanagement
Technically challenging and productive environment
Senior QA Test Coordinator (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 3 December 2018
A stable insurance company to work with and offers a lot of opportunity to grow in terms of career.
Good management support for their employees in terms of their desire for personal career advancement
Provides a competitive retirement package
Good management support for their employees in terms of their desire for personal career advancement
Provides a competitive retirement package
A company that gives back to the community!
Employee (Former Employee) – Canada – 24 November 2018
Wawanesa is a wonderful company to be a part of. Management is amazing - professional and impressively knowledgeable on every level of the industry. Work environment is great with employees who are exceptionally trained in their respective positions. Being the third largest insurance company in Canada, they get their fair share of clients which allows for peace of mind in terms of job security. Wawanesa has multiple programs which allows us to give back to the community. With that being said, Wawanesa is also a company that cares for its employees. They offer wonderful benefits package and competitive salaries. It truly is a great company!
Terrible employer
Adjuster (Current Employee) – Toronto – 7 November 2018
- No training
- Old-school mentality/ micromanagement
- No life-work balance
- Hard work is not even recognized
- No place for professional growth
- Company will overwork you
- Salaries are low
- Everyone hates it here. People keep quitting from all departments
- Old-school mentality/ micromanagement
- No life-work balance
- Hard work is not even recognized
- No place for professional growth
- Company will overwork you
- Salaries are low
- Everyone hates it here. People keep quitting from all departments
Great Employer to work for.
Claims Adjuster (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 24 September 2018
Nice place to work. Very cooperative and willing to help/teach senior staff employees. corporate support and encouragement to improvise knowledge by pursuing courses leading to CIP/FCIP designation.
Pros
Tuition fees reimbursement for industry related courses.
Cons
Pressure due to tight deadlines set by Dept. of Insurance.
Really nice working environment
Application Developer (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 16 September 2018
It's my fortunate to worked as a co-op student at Wawanesa Insurance. Really nice working environment, friendly people, willing to help. I have learned a lot from there, and I wish my future position can have the same environment that would be perfect.
Wonderful Group of people
Bilingual Inside Claims Rep I (Former Employee) – Moncton, NB – 5 September 2018
Love all the employees, just a large load of work, not often off work on time. No travelling. Great workings hours. Bilingualism is a need to work in the Moncton office.
Productive. Busy.
Receptionist (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 22 August 2018
Good place to start out in an insurance company. Good breaks. Cafeteria. Good and friendly staff. Good environment. Medium paced. Not hard work. Good values.
Pros
Friendly staff and co- workers
Cons
Not very good pay.
Great
Quality assurance analyst (Current Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 30 July 2018
Great Company to work for. Great work life balance. I enjoy the challenges and result oriented culture. The company has a great learning plan and helps employees meet its goals.
Pros
Great people
Cons
Not much opportunities to grow
The only reason I am considering leaving is I am considering relocating and there is no position for me in the area I am relocating to
Assist supervisor (Current Employee) – Edmonton, AB – 7 June 2018
great company, great culture, Wawanesa goes above and beyond to make this a great place to work, lots of opportunity for advancement depending on your interests.
Pros
great culture
Cons
no current option to transfer to another office
Manque de leadership
Agent en assurance de dommages (Former Employee) – 8585 decarie – 28 May 2018
Gestionnaire sans aucun leadership et sans expérience en gestion
''Micro-managers'' avec une vieille mentalité (old thinking = old results), franchement si vous êtes jeune motivé et ambitieux, ne perdez pas de temps Wawanesa Qc n'est pas pour vous.
''Micro-managers'' avec une vieille mentalité (old thinking = old results), franchement si vous êtes jeune motivé et ambitieux, ne perdez pas de temps Wawanesa Qc n'est pas pour vous.
Confusing work environment
Analyst Programmer (Current Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 25 April 2018
The management of our team doesn’t appear to know their function. Morale in the department continues to plummet due to questionable or non existent decision making. Unsure of direction or purpose. Piles of work but no direction or vision. Time for a change.
Nice place to start
Software Quality Assurance Analyst (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 8 April 2018
For Winnipeg, it is not bad. Some manager does not promote their employee. Benefits are good but they paid less that same positions in the market. Some of equipment and rooms are pretty old.
Fun workplace
Human Resources Advisor (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 13 March 2018
I enjoyed my time working at The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company. The environment is very social and collaborative. The organizational structure is pretty flat so there isn't as many opportunities for advancement. Overall I would recommend it.
Good working experience terrible manager
Buisness Operations Support (Term) (Former Employee) – Winnipeg, MB – 5 March 2018
I worked here on a 6 month term position. The work was interesting and co workers seemed friendly. My Manager how ever did not get to know her staff and had a personality that made it very hard to strike up a conversation with. I hope anyone who works here does not get this particular manager as she made the work environment a very bad place to work in.
Pros
enjoyable work
Cons
Terrible Manager / leader