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- mandatory RTO 4 days a week, rumors about an increase to 5. Senior management walks around taking headcount on some floors. You will get shamed by directors if you work from home if you don't keep up stats. - layoffs of entire teams with little announcement, few promotions for good performers, and barely any hiring which means tons of work passed on with no incentive - Extreme cost cutting, and potential that bonuses may be heavily cut or cancelled this year for fund shortfalls. Ironically, they are flying in everyone from India/HK/US/UK/etc. in June on first-class seats, so I guess that Toronto employees don't matter. - no upward mobility unless you have been there for a long time or you are very in demand - very high turnover on some teams and no effort to keep retention - horrible old building that looks like it hasn't been renovated since the 80's. Always construction nearby so its loud. - some teams are a boys club and fratty - building is in a blighted area of Toronto, if you are woman you may get harassed walking down the street

This is not the company to work for, often times on Glassdoor you may feel that it’s just one person’s experience and that your experience may differ, but I urge others browsing here to listen, the company culture is TOXIC. The CEO is great and there are some great people in this organization and at the top, but the issue lies at the department level. You will hear a lot about One Fund but there is no integration or unity between the departments or teams within a department. - Like other places in downtown TO you will encounter the top companies in the industry, CPPIB is no different and relies on its reputation to excuse workplace practices. There is a competitive environment where people will be thrown under the bus. People are unwilling to ask questions in fear of being seen as less smart, this creates additional problems where some people feel that their competence must be constantly justified. - Too many social events and they rarely achieve their goal of getting together as a team - High turnover, yes this is a large organization but it appears the average tenure is quite low for a Finance department. People come and go, there are many new joiners, many of whom are former big four and continue to implement “big four” practices. At the same time, big four would be a better experience, yes it is that bad. - There aren’t many people who have been a part of the Finance team for more than two to three years. Where are all the previous employees? I suspect there was a layoff or restructuring? - The bonus culture create competitiveness that is unhealthy and it doesn’t help that people are eager to climb the corporate ladder. Within my team it was clear that some individuals would like to throw others under the bus to make themselves look better. - Not everyone is meant to be a manager, some people should just not be in a managerial or leadership position (this applies to Managers, Directors, and above). - HR has no idea what they are doing on the recruitment and retention side, this is a serious problem. CPPIB could be studied in business case studies and what not to do, as for as HR matters are concerned. - There is more