Aviva reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,557 total reviews)
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Amanda Blanc

85% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Aviva has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,557 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aviva employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Assurance industry (3.6 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
May 26, 2016

Soul destroying

Recommend
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Pros

The London and Bristol offices are pleasant environments. There are some good people who work there too. Good branding and company has potential to do well.

Cons

A lot of effort goes into employee and customer brand but these are just words on paper. They are not lived. As a senior manager exiting the business, happily on a huge redundancy payout so I want to leave remember so this is not spite, I can honestly say I've gone from a very engaged Friends employee to someone who couldn't be at a lower point in the way they feel about their career. When I first read the Aviva values, I was so energised as they are written so well. But I can only give examples of where I have consistently seen the opposite apply.

1.0
Feb 2, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Holiday package and flexible working options - good. Development opportunities numerous in volume (but see Cons) (Leased) office building was pleasant enough

Cons

Management are uninspiring (or downright incompetent) Salary and bonus are atrocious - well under market rate and have no bearing on performance of the unit, or indeed the company (hence the pay-rise "pot" remaining at 2% for the last three years, despite company profit increasing YOY) Aviva is defined by knee-jerk reactions. Nothing is thought through, so staff are forced to change focus from one minute to the next, be it on administrating X, or preventing Y. Nothing is ever maintained or followed-through to completion.

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