Topics regarding layoffs at Manulife Financial Corp.

Topics regarding layoffs at Manulife Financial Corp.

Any rumors about more layoffs?

I’m convinced there will be more layoffs coming before the year’s end. Especially given that the consultancy is involved. Please share if you hear anything.

Unionize or leave

Have the layoffs ever stopped at Manulife? Why are you still working for sociopathic crooked liars?

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April 2023

Was there a new round of lay offs last week? What’s happening?

Not trustworthy

Don't associate with manulife...not as an employee not as a customer. After people dedicate their lives to working there, they kick you out the door with a few months pay and call it even. Disgusting.

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Hybrid - is it 2 days or 3 days in office

ELT has announced that the core business days in office is dropping from 3 to 2. This is effective September 1. But some business heads are demanding the three days in office. So they are overruling company policy and what the ELT says? Leadership... — read more 

They're lucky more people are not leaving

Frankly, with things being the way they are and with guaranteed one or two major rounds of layoffs per year, along with the numerous smaller rounds, I'm shocked more people are not leaving. I think the leadership has no idea just how lucky they are... — read more 

COVID cases everywhere

Boston offices have had MANY outbreaks but no communications or no people sent home. Just left to figure things out on their own. Toronto supposed to go back to offices mid May. Will be just like Boston with outbreaks everywhere. And people are... — read more 

It's been a year since I got laid off

It was really awful when I got laid off. Now, after a year, I think that's the best thing that could have happened to me. But honestly, I’d love to come back here just for one day to see if anything has changed for the better during that year? — read more 

Culture?

Please don’t kid yourself!! Manulife has adopted a new culture with the return to office. It’s called the Command & Control Culture. No flexibility and “thou shall and thou shall not” mentality. Managers no longer have the authority to manage their... — read more 

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Mgmt - just help us be successful

I've been with USB for a while now. I was told I had just avoided the last major transformation before I joined. I've been in tech for most of my career, you can guess what dept I'm in. The introduction of Agile isn't new to me, so this round of... — read more 

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When will layoffs stop?

How many layoffs did we have in the last two years? Four rounds? Five? And that's just the more significant rounds that all of us have heard about, I'm not even counting the small cuts that happen all the time. When will it be enough? When there's... — read more 

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| 2160 views | | 3 replies (last February 26, 2022)
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Return to Office

Heard Manulife will be making an announcement next week (Feb 14/22) on when RTO will happen. Everyone is being treated the same and expected to adhere to the plan. Pretty rigid!

Layoffs have happened again.

Hey, Just wanted to update and say that a huge number of layoffs happened on the 27th of January. From what i heard it was mostly back office teams like the quality auditors and design teams.

It's almost time for...

Bonus and layoff season. These go hand in hand at Manulife and John Hancock in the month of Feb...what's the scoop this time around?

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Confirmed 175 people cut from Manulife today

Including all in-house graphic design roles. They've had budget cuts on projects for months. No appetite to hire temporary or freelance resources. People were told to just get the extra work done. Typical approach. Hopefully they were generous... — read more 

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| 10171 views | | 31 replies (last November 14, 2023)
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Layoff would be a blessing for me at this point

Most days it feels like being let go is a better option than staying at Manulife. Seems like a sinking ship! I can agree with this 100%. It's obvious that there's no future at Manulife and I'd rather be gone before the company hits rock bottom than... — read more 

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| 2224 views | | 2 replies (last November 14, 2021)
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Good times at manulife

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2020/01/06/ceo-rap-video-pulled-after-complaints-from-john-hancock-employees/s36Mzt90u2EDycyJbsgN5L/story.html

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Top talent is leaving

In addition to all the people they are letting go, it seems like a lot of top talent also leaving on their own. Saw that JH's CMO has moved on, along with many others. Knowing very few people there now. This is exactly what's been happening. People... — read more 

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| 2450 views | | 4 replies (last January 11, 2022)
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Developers beware

Don't work here if you're a developer. They'll underpay you and you'll lose your skill over the years because the business and work stinks and you'll learn nothing but politics and why you don't deserve a pay increase or promotion during your annual... — read more 

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| 1981 views | | 1 reply (December 29, 2021)
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Third round of layoffs this year

After telling us that there will be no layoffs due to covid, there have have been 3 rounds this year already (not counting all the layoffs from 2020). This last round removed the last 2 batches of hires, going back 2 years. But don't worry, they're... — read more 

More?

More layoffs today? The message wasn’t clear.

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| 1450 views | | 1 reply (August 13, 2021)
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Did there really have to be so many layoffs?

I understand the bitter truth that a company must lay people off if its business is in any way jeopardized. And yet, was there enough reason for Manulife to fire 160 people at the worst of times? Is this company so financially vulnerable that it had... — read more 

brutal

Why did the company layoff 160 people during a pandemic, without helping them find new placements in a company that employs 35000 people. The company acted ruthlessly without compassion and done in the name of the dollar. Shame on the surviving... — read more 

When will this stop?

How many of us are going to see their jobs outsourced before the end of the year? I see it happening constantly even if the company is trying hard to keep it quiet. People are constantly being cut as their replacements are being hired in cheaper... — read more 

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