Lots of icing, no cake! - Associate CI Financial Employee Review

2.0
15 Apr 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great, supportive team environment. Nice company events every now and then. Good insurance coverage.

Cons

Horrible pay, cross training that is code for "you will do 3 jobs and get paid for half", little opportunities to move up or on to something else, a laughable bonus (like the price of an extra haircut a month), archaic manual processes that regularly cause errors and you stress on the daily, disconnect between management and lower level workers, feedback is taken but all you get is morphine shots in return (little is done), half your bonus comes in company shares you never asked for and still did not receive half way into the new year, if they paid for a course you took the prior year to benefit your work there they make you pay half of that back on your way out without prior notice (they took $500 out of my last salary in 2020 for an exam I passed in 2019, which was basically my groceries for a month)

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Cons

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24 Aug 2018
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Pros

- Best work / life balance in the business. - Colleagues are all first class professionals. - Interesting work, excellent opportunity to develop a working knowledge of areas adjacent to your primary area of expertise. - Very good employee benefits package.

Cons

- Limited training, you have to figure out a lot of things for yourself, so it may not be the best place for less experienced candidates. - Despite the flat management structure, CI is a big machine to turn, so the lack of progress on important projects can be frustrating at times. - Compensation is squarely in the third quartile of the fair value range and there is a lack of alignment with business objectives. - Very limited opportunities for career progression, so if that's what you're looking for, better to look elsewhere.

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CI Financial Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us your feedback! We appreciate your recognition of our first-class employees, and couldn’t agree more! It sounds like you have some suggestions for improving the training process for new-hires, and would welcome the opportunity to hear more about them. If you’re uncertain of who you can contact, feel free to speak to your manager or HR Business Partner. Thank you!
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