The job that made me want to stay away from a banking career forever. (Insurance advisor/analyst)
Pros
1 - Chances are you'll have a great starting salary. 2 - Paid weekly. While this seems like it's not that big of a deal, it's always nice seeing your bank account grow every week. 3 - Great benefits. The best health /dental plan that I've had to date. 4 - Great people. This place had some of the best people I've had the pleasure to work with in my life. 5 - Paid training and great help for your licensing exams, if you haven't completed them prior to being hired.
Cons
1 - While it's nice that you're being paid weekly, it is almost cringe worthy to see the union take away about 5% of your paycheck. This would be not an issue... If the union did anything to help the employees at all. 2- While as I mentioned that there are some wonderful people working here, there is a bit of a divide between some of the senior analysts and new recruits. 3 - Management is a complete and utter joke. Look for yourself for other reviews for this role and you'll see that this is often repeated. I cannot stress this enough : management is extremely toxic and they will absolutely not stand up for you. 4 - Some extremely questionable ethics held by management. 5 - Office politics galore. It's not so much how well you perform as it is who you're friends with. 6 - No career opportunity outside of the insurance call centre. No, you will not be able to switch between the insurance side to the banking /investment side without some serious networking. Your team leader will absolutely not help you beyond a referral. 7 - Extremely sales focused. You will have to push for insurance that your client absolutely does not need.
