Experience was "meh" - didn't meet expectations. - Anonymous employee Empower Employee Review

2.0
3 Jun 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great location in DTC, covered parking, they recently started letting you wear jeans everyday to work, cafeteria with lots of great options, some nice people, big corporate feel if you're into that. Lots of jobs in general. 401K and decent amount of time off.

Cons

Although there are lots of jobs in the company, most teams don't have much of a career path. Way too much micromanagement and the company seems to keep people who aren't the best at their job only because of favoritism. Know someone in the company? You're good but if you don't then you'll find better luck elsewhere if you want to grow your career. Managers are insulting and somehow nobody cares if you're getting yelled at or verbally abused. At the end of the day, you're a disposable employee unless you got great connections with someone at the top. They sell you the job with expectations that aren't met. Some teams have people who rarely do actual work and are gossiping all day long. Then the ones who do actually work get yelled at for not being perfectionists. People at the top think low of employees who are lower.

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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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