AXA Partners reviews about "senior management"

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4.0
14 Jul 2016

Great company going through a painfull transformation

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Pros

Benefits. Vacations and bank holidays. Competence of my collegues Moslty friendly environment.

Cons

Highly political. There's too much people for a business being under competitive pressure. Management positions are up to the brim with senior management because they have been around for many years and not precisely by their performance or fit to the requirements of the position. Being french and coming from the right university is a huge career push.

2.0
7 Jul 2016

Learned Alot

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Pros

Great Training for all sorts of aspects of business

Cons

lack of structure, and senior management is clueless

3.0
13 Dec 2016

A decent place to work

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Pros

Good people, fair pay, fair benefits all in a market leading organisation. The development opportunities are fairly good, too.

Cons

Senior management can avoid taking decisions which is I think a product of AXA's byzantine management structure which can also make projects and change management very difficult.

2.0
4 Sept 2016

So much potential

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Pros

International and diverse environment. Great, hard working colleagues. Interesting business and you can learn a lot if you put in the effort (i.e. no one will guide you).

Cons

Everyone is two steps behind. Do more with less is literally a mantra. HR expects you to figure things out for yourself. Top roles aren't clearly defined with nosy managers trying to influence outcomes that are not their responsibility. All of senior management could use a business leadership 101 refresher course.

1.0
13 Jul 2025

A Toxic Workplace

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Pros

Health Insurance after 12 months Wage increase of 5% per annun

Cons

Toxic workplace Zero direction from management Constant differing if processes and procedure Non-Compliant Terrible training & progression Senior management devoid of competency Executive management team define the word useless

2.0
29 Apr 2014
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Pros

One of the best things about working here is that you start with four weeks of paid time off. You get an extra day when you've been employed certain lengths of time (I think 1, 3, and 5 years). Benefits include health (with prescription), dental, and vision. If it's just you, it costs about $40 a month. One of the reasons I've been with the company so long is because good people work here. You get to know and like the people you work with on a personal level. That can be a problem at times (see cons), but overall you can build lasting friendships. If you're new to the city, it's great.

Cons

I could go on for a bit, but I want to touch on the four main cons. The first are the staffing issues. Most people I speak to complain about the work load. An issue with workload comes down to not enough staff, hence my complaint about staffing issue. They tend to staff appropriately for a slow day. That means that even on an average day you feel overwhelmed. Some people will attribute this to a tremendous amount of growth over the last two years. They'll say that the company is trying to find the right level. I've been there for over 5 years and gone through several different growths; it's the norm. Next is decision making. At times, senior management can't seem to make a decision. When they finally do, it's a hasty decision that's made without consulting people who deal/will deal with the service every day. They've spent tens of thousands of dollars changing to systems that don't meet the company's needs. Then they invest tens of thousands of dollars more to make it work. Their ability to plan is poor. When they execute a plan, they continually fall short. The people they publicly say are "overall accountable" for things that fail are then promoted. Working with people can be worse than going to the dentist. People are incredibly stubborn and close minded about doing something a new way. Many meetings include someone saying, "Well we've never done it that way before." and everyone accepts that. You may build friendships with people and love hanging out with them, but hate doing anything work related with them. If you have difficulty separating work from your personal life, this will be a challenge Finally, we come to communication. It doesn't happen. They're working on it, but they've been working on it for several years now. It has improved, but nominally.

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