Does Aviva pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Aviva employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Aviva. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Aviva?

77% of Aviva employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Aviva 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Aviva?

Customer Service Representative (100) , Manager (43) , Software Engineer (43) , Analyst (39) , Claims Handler (39) , Business Analyst (34) , Underwriter (34) , Claims Adjuster (28) , Project Manager (28) , Actuarial Analyst (23) , Executive (22) , Actuary (20) , Administrative Assistant (19) , Senior Manager (19) , Consultant (18)

What are the pros of working at Aviva according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits like paternity leave of 6 months and good to work if you don't mind repetitive work." ((in 274 reviews)); "Really a great place to work and people are great" ((in 220 reviews)); "Very supportive and good work life balance" ((in 172 reviews)); "Certain departments had a good culture and environment though other departments were very much the opposite." ((in 116 reviews)); "Good colleagues and lots of events for staffs to get together" ((in 95 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Aviva according to real employee reviews?

"Base salary low relative to peers" ((in 98 reviews)); "Low pay for role working and a lot comes down to if the face fits" ((in 88 reviews)); "Clicky and can be horrendous if you get a bad manager" ((in 48 reviews)); "Slow career progression and sometimes too local" ((in 46 reviews)); "Senior Leadership can be difficult to work with (what else is new ;) )" ((in 21 reviews))

What are employees saying about Aviva layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Aviva layoffs and their outlook for job security at Aviva in 2026.

Aviva reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,560 total reviews)

Amanda Blanc

85% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Aviva has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,560 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

2.0

Oct 12, 2021

All talk, no action

Customer service expert

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits especially pension, initially very flexible with working from home.

Cons

Low wages, promotion of well-being not followed up. All employees forced back into the office 3 days a week with no notice and no real explanation as to why. Promised quick career progression but this is very dependent on your leader. You won’t get special treatment working for such a big company who can replace you easily.

3.0

Oct 11, 2021

Looks after staff, but slow and cumbersome

Programmer manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly, supportive company and good colleagues to work with.

Cons

Incredibly complex and slow-moving organisation. Overly bureaucratic and has too many people overseeing any work being done.

4.0

Sep 21, 2021

Aviva

Implementation manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, equal parental leave, very flexible, pension is good, Wellbeing framework.

Cons

Aviva is a huge company and it can at times be a little too obvious that you are a number and not an individual. There are big differences from department to department between the ethos of leadership. Some are very old school and regressive, others forward-thinking open, and adaptive. Focus on share price is a sore subject amongst many, and this gets much more focus strategically than customers or employees. Oh and Aviva criminally underpay vs comparable jobs at other companies in Fin Serv/EB industries. Diversity is shocking in some areas.

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