Folks who have worked / working with big banks, insurers in Canada, do you have a perspective on the culture at insurer vs bank? I have heard better things about insurers.

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Consulted for both. Culture within insurers is much more friendly and generally more resistant during tough times, hence less layoffs. Anecdotally the top banks provide more room for career growth than the top insurers

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Insurers are a lot slower with org pace, many have lower maturities and comp is generally lower

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Can confirm insurers operate a little bit different and slower

Very vague question and you will always get inconsistent answers. 100’s of teams are broken in groups of 3-4 people. Each have their own culture, problems, perks etc.

That’s the point. I want to hear people’s perspective based on their individual exp.

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