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investment associate

Canaccord Genuity Corp.

Canaccord has tended to be a very "deal-focused" company for a long time... The culture has been changing rapidly from a transnational company to a true full service wealth manager and investment bank.  It would have been nice to see the stock make some headway in the last 8 years... but it's traded in a fairly tight range between 4 and 6$ for what feels like forever... 

People tend to look at Canaccord as "old school", and at times it certainly feels that way.  Coming from a big 6 bank background, I was used to formal reviews, micro management, and strict supervision... Canaccord tends to empower their employees to make decisions on their own.  

My biggest issue with Canaccord has always been a fear that I've come to the end of my career path, which is why I'm looking elsewhere for advancement.

Located at the heart of downtown vancouver surrounded by lots of options for food, close to skytrain, and mall. 
It offers good benefits and bonuses. People are nice and have good communication between the teams. Upper managements are pretty transparent regarding plans and goals. Definitely you can get good work-life balance since their deadline is reasonable. Dress code is business casual, no jeans except Friday, and main working hour is between 8-4pm, so it’s “encouraged” to come around that time, which means not very flexible in hour. But on IT department, it’s a little bit more flexible. 


What is the best part of working at the company?
Manulife Insurance benefits, work from home

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Pressure from IT Superiors, chaotic environment caused by upper IT VPs and management

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They will work you non stop and not pay you for overtime, typical Canadian firm.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Projects, operation, escalations, and again projects

There is a great team environment in the research department with people often supporting eachother not only within industry silos, but also helping as a large group when needed. The analysts generally treat their associates. Associates generally go out as a group together on a weekly basis to have fun and let off steam.

A typical day at work began starting at 6:30 AM and sorting through pending files, meeting with the advisor(s), placing trades for clients, meeting with clients if the advisor(s) was/were unavailable, and ensuring excellent customer service standards were met throughout the day. Typically the day would end around 3:00 PM however if I was required to stay later to work on a financing that was standard practice.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The ability to work in a hybrid environment 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Never knowing where you stand with management 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful  and salary is awful. Employee overturn is frequent

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Lots of work, not enough time

I felt very comfortable in this pleasant working environment as the staff and management were very welcoming and accommodating at all times.  This is an extremely well organized, structured, diverse and professional work place with very qualified, knowledgeable and amazing staff and management.  Great place to work.  I thoroughly enjoyed my time here!

Good place to work.
Most days worked regular hours. When working on a project or during Performance Review put in extra hours to get the project completed.
Good co-workers and enjoyed working with my fellow Managers.
Company going through financial issues.
Not able to give more information as there is new Management.

My experience was very bad. Bullying and toxic culture. I was expected to respond to emails all weekend long within an hour for non urgent matters. 1980s boys club mentality from my boss with vulgar language and profanity within my earshot.  Unless you want to be someone’s obliging slave/doormat, you could not work for this guy. The interview process was excessive and this was my first red flag.

stressful workplace. Management focus on finding dirt on others. knit pick on faults. Never recognise employee value. Management negative towards employee work, never appreciate or thank employees work. Waiting for employees to make mistakes then dwell on it forever. Not a very supportive environment to work for. Glad to be out.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Research associate 5 salaries reported	$97,000 per year
Administrative assistant 1 salary reported	$50,000 per year
Business analyst 3 salaries reported	$78,333 per year
Administrator 3 salaries reported	$45,333 per year
Investment associate 4 salaries reported	$63,750 per year

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