Immature affiliates - Anonymous employee Empower Employee Review

3.0
3 Oct 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good vacation time. Good benefits. On-site cafeteria, gym and parking garage. Reimburse tuition if in the same field as the company.

Cons

While this is not all necessarily on Great-West it is on their recordkeeping service Fascore, (who works alongside Great West employees, same buildings) you wouldnt be able to really tell the employees apart. Working in the department though is entirely different. Tons of behind your back talking, playing favorites with employees who are not remotely close to as being as good as others but since they suck up to some of the team leads they are more likely to keep their job or not get assigned specific work tasks. They don't want you talking to eachother, they dont want you discussing what you may have messed up on and how you could correct it with a fellow employee. They want you to sit at your desk, stare at the computer and not say a word. Unless your a team lead/manager then by all means lead by example and talk all you want! The immaturity is aggravating. They will say be at your desk at this time not one minute later otherwise its a tardy, while they can hardly make it to work 10 minutes late everyday. I have never worked for an employer/department that has been so ridiculous. Fascore is all data entry, if you can make it past your year and transfer to Great-West its a decent entry level job to get your foot in the door.

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5.0
18 Jun 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Empower fully supports work life balance. They also support and encourage community service. I like the fact that they match not only by monetary contributions, they also match actual volunteer hours with money. Management at all levels is committed and invested in you professionally and personally.

Cons

None that I have found.

2.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is a consistent paycheck in an industry that isn't going anywhere. The benefits are average to slightly below average. If you are lucky, your immediate manager will be a real person and not just a faceless suit.

Cons

A caution to the culture : Empower is more interested in APPEARING to be a good place to work instead of actually being a good place to work. The employees were instructed by HR to leave a Glassdoor review IF we enjoy working at Empower. They made no mention of everyone leaving honest feedback regardless of their feelings about the company. That is incredibly telling about the culture and priorities of the company.

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