Overtime - Retirement Representative Empower Employee Review

1.0
7 Jun 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Call center leaders do their best to help where they can.

Cons

When I was hired I was told we would "occasionally" be asked to do mandatory overtime but not to worry because it would never be too much. Then in December of 2023 - they started requiring mandatory overtime every single day of the week. This has not stopped for 7 months. Rather than staffing appropriately, leaders think it makes more sense to require all employees to do overtime every single day without an opt out option. We are constantly told that it's going to stop, only for them to announce every single month that it's continuing, and even increasing the amount of required overtime hours. They brought in millions of clients in past year and have barely hired anyone to compensate. Leaders have also done nothing to compensate other than a "thanks for all you do!!! :)!" . Oh and if you think you're going to work really hard in the call center and get another position, you'll need to wait 18 months to leave the call center prison, no exceptions. You're also ineligible for promotion in your first 12 months, no exceptions.

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5.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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