Aviva Employee Reviews about "colleague"
70% would recommend to a friend
(141 total reviews)
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Updated 5 Dec 2023
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- "Good benefits like paternity leave of 6 months and good to work if you don't mind repetitive work." (in 187 reviews)
- "just because one of the head honchos wants the information and the managers don't know enough about the work to provide it." (in 35 reviews)
Reviews about "colleague"
Return to all Reviews- 2.03 Sept 2013AnalystCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearLondon, England
Pros
- Friendly and approachable colleagues. - Good work life balance. - Training is available. - Good exposure to wide aspects of the business.
Cons
- Company has little or no direction. - All Senior management have held "interim" statusus for prolonged periods. - Suffers a high staff turnover; average permanent seems to run at around 2-3 years. - High dependence on contract staff. - No bonus. - Relentless pay freezes. - Highly political.
1 - 4.019 May 2022IT SpecialistCurrent Employee, less than 1 year
Pros
knowledgeable and professional colleagues. Diverse and inclusive workforce. Challenging work in a good way
Cons
Maintaining cross team alignment to ensure successful delivery.
- 4.010 Jan 2017Data Entry ClerkFormer Contractor, less than 1 year
Pros
First working experience, nothing too exciting at Aviva. Colleagues were pretty friendly though they were much older than me (I worked here after Junior College while waiting for enlistment)
Cons
Working as Data Entry Clerk can be really boring and mundane since you are just required to enter data for the entire day.
- 1.018 Jan 2021Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsDublin, Dublin
Pros
Worked with very strong and talented colleagues.
Cons
Constant leadership changes which has caused a lack of stability across the business, a very political environment with complex systems and processes. Huge cultural challenges - they don’t know how to manage and retain talent.
- 3.022 May 2023SalesFormer Employee, more than 1 yearSingapore
Pros
Very friendly and helpful colleagues
Cons
Nothing that I can think of
- 1.016 May 2018Anonymous ContractorFormer Contractor, less than 1 yearLondon, England
Pros
Very generous pension scheme and holiday package. Some very nice and helpful work colleagues. Nothing else that stood out compared to other companies.
Cons
The senior manager of the department was a horrible bully. This was well known by HR and the wider department.
- 3.07 Aug 2020Business Development ManagerCurrent EmployeeSingapore
Pros
Some colleagues are nice and helpful.
Cons
Lack of vision and direction from top management
- 1.01 Jun 2017Customer Service RepresentativeFormer EmployeeBristol, England
Pros
None, they make out they care, they do not.
Cons
I am not usually one to write a bad review about a company, but I don't want this to happen again. To anyone. When I started work here, it was perfect, they had told me how caring and great they were and it seemed so at first. Until A) my 'manager' decided he did not like me. And B) they decided I was too much hard work with my disability. I was taken from on warnings or meetings to outright dismissal, for a load of ridiculous reasons that my team leader had pulled out of thin air. I was told the day before I went on holiday, to be fired the day I came back. Absolutely awful. The middle management is a joke. My manager didn't even know how to do my job, yet was meant to lead us. The team was lead by another colleague who was not meant to and was not paid to. I am not the only one mistreated by this manager, who became a manager by accident because the old one left. He was not and is not fit for this role. I feel like I have been discriminated against, and treated extremely unfairly. I am afraid I CANNOT recommend that anyone works here. Even worse if you are female or disabled.
7 - 3.012 Mar 2019Anonymous InternFormer Intern
Pros
Colleagues are friendly and helpful.
Cons
Whatever agreed on interview and even on contract are not reflected on actual job scope. Need to be careful.
- 3.03 Aug 2021Customer Service AdviserCurrent EmployeeSheffield, England
Pros
Good benefits like paternity leave of 6 months and good to work if you don't mind repetitive work. Colleagues are nice and helpful and are happy to support you where they can.
Cons
Management. They refuse to ackowledge the demands of the job that would be inconvenient for them to work around. If work piles up or it gets busy managements first response to increase pressure on the current staff to meet the workload when often times we do not have enough staff for a moderately busy day. Recent changes are making this into a more traditional call centre job which is jot what they advertise as or promise. If you have a condition or illness that is permenant or long term with doctors notes they are happy to show you off as it strengthens their image as an inclusive employer however if you just get ill frequently or even get ill 2 or 3 times a year they will hound you to no end
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