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Working at Pacific Life Insurance in Newport Beach, CA: 18 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Newport Beach, CA Area

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On average, employees in Newport Beach, CA at Pacific Life Insurance give their company a 3.0 rating out of 5.0 based on 18, whereas overall Average Rating of Pacific Life Insurance is 4.1 out of 5.0 based on 59 Pacific Life Insurance Review Ratings. The happiest Pacific Life Insurance employees in Newport Beach, CA are Systems Administrators submitting an average rating of 4.0 and Executive Administrative Assistants with a rating of 4.8.

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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 37 Pacific Life Insurance Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.1
Growth Opportunities
3.5
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.0
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
4.2
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Working at Pacific Life Insurance in Newport Beach, CA: 18 Employee Reviews

Director of Open Systems

What do you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"Had the opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies"

What don't you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"Most of the people were very impersonal and really only cared about the bottom line, not the welfare of their employees"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat everyone you meet and work with as you would want to be treated under all circumstances"

Head of Operations

What do you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"culture, talented people"

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.1
Pacific Life Insurance (59)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is Milliman (9)
2.4 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Quomation Insurance Services (6)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (9,359)
Live Division Technology Manager

"Very good, solid company."

What do you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"Ability to work in different divisions, access to training."

What don't you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"No dislikes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None - have not worked there for some time now."

Marketing Manager

"Nine years at one company, Wow - that must be a great place to work."

Senior Underwriter

"a great family"

What do you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"great people"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"be yourself"

Application Development Manager
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Product Consultant

"Very good company to work for when I was there, but continuing to have layoffs, and remaining staff seem stressed and unhappy."

Person You Work For 4.8 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4.5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4.5 / 5 Way You Work 4.5 / 5
UNIX Administrator
Person You Work For 3.6 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4.1 / 5
Executive Administrative Assistant
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.8 / 5
Company Culture 4.8 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Systems Administrator

What do you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"I enjoyed the people I worked with. It was a friendly and fun atmosphere and I actually enjoyed going into work each morning. I felt the leadership team was great as well."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know what the company is about. Do you believe in their mission statement."

What don't you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"One of the reasons I am leaving is that I felt I was not challenged enough at the job. As a fresh face in the working world, the company offers a great opportunity for a good entry level position; however, after being there for so many years, I felt I was not able to reach my full potential because of the lack of challenge and there was no room for advancement in the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The decisions they have to make are sometimes difficult. Traditionally, IT helps very much, focusing on their product, service, company and internal customers' circumstances, challenges, goals. I suggest management focus on these elements."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UI Designer

"Stable but slow to no growth"

What do you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"Good location and pay along with decent benefits and working conditions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Play the game as this company is small but likes to act big."

What don't you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"There is no potential for growth and absolutely no meaningful training. You're on your on if you want to grow."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Empower the employees and assist them with their career paths."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Application Development Manager

"I worked for Pacific Life from 2008 to 2011. They are a creative management team. I enjoyed working with my co workers and believe I made a big difference in the organization, structure and productivity of the staff in my area of responsibility."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Pacific Life Insurance Employee

"VBA, Excel, SQL, regular expressions, userforms, ribbons. Flexible working hours. Fun culture. Great company. Meaningful work."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Pacific Life Insurance Employee

"I worked with his company for a while and working with co-workers is very helpful. The company can be good at times."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Pacific Life Insurance Employee

"I've worked for Pacific Life since 2017, found it to be a great company."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
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