Aviva reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,565 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 2,565 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 31, 2019

Appearances can be deceiving

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits on paper are fantastic: Generous pension contributions Share save scheme Equal parental leave Wellbeing initiatives

Cons

Aviva talks a lot about diversity and inclusion but, in reality, so many people feel excluded. So much money is thrown at LGBT events as they attract good PR. The “inclusion team” has a high turnover with many of them disappearing mysteriously under the radar - that speaks volumes in itself. The company is London-centric, there’s a restructure roughly every 1-2 years and plenty of redundancies each time.

1.0
Oct 23, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Flexi, are helpful if its customers needs that need to be met.

Cons

They dont help with personal problems. They do play favouritism with employees. They look to get rid of people very quickly. Very poor management.

2.0
Oct 20, 2019

IT and Operations - bad culture

Recommend
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Pros

Good pension, flexible working, decent offices in Norwich (and elsewhere)

Cons

The culture in IT & Operations is deeply unpleasant. The approach in this area has resulted in a blame culture, unrealistic expectations of what can be achieved and nobody willing to make decisions without checking first. There is no empowerment, even with the most senior people. There is also a real lack of experience (working outside the company) in the leadership of IT and therefore, little understanding of the challenges faced by the various teams and many teams which are being reduced even further. A lot of good people have left or have been pushed out because they don't agree with the way things are run. Too many people have been at the same company for all their career, so there is little movement or opportunity to progress. Very London focussed approach

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