Going down fast - Anonymous employee John Hancock Employee Review

1.0
Jun 4, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

New global exec leadership (Roy & Marianne) say the right things, remains to be seen if they do the right things.

Cons

Very sad - Used to be great to work for but significant decline over last 10 years or so. Has become most deceitful and morally bankrupt company I ever worked for. Disasterously inequitable treatment of employees. Some get to work remote, others don’t - no explanation or rationale. Favoritism and gender discrimination abound as related to salaries and assignments. Some people are bonuses for brown-nosing without delivering while others amazing contributions are completely disregarded and overlooked. It’s become a culture of yes men and favoritism. Culture and employee engagement are abysmal. Horribly inept VPs and SVPs in some areas. Theyre chasing flavor of the day org structure and operating models, as well as their tails trying not to go under. People staying there 20-30 years think they can’t get out because they may not have skills to go anywhere else. Their best are fleeing as fast as they can leaving the mediocrity to run the show.

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