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Sun Life Rotational Leadership Development Program reviews
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1.0
Mar 6, 2020
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Pros
- Because the reality of RLDP is far different than expectation sold, you'll learn how to manage yourself as you work for an organization that misleads you - When you display any hints of originality or leadership, you'll be systematically pushed down and expected to conform into the lowest version of yourself, which will help you build backbone and a sense of independence - You will 100% come across managers who feel threatened by you, which will teach you how to manage people who react out of fear and insecurity - The level of critical thought will be dangerously low as a deliberate requirement of the culture, so you’ll learn how to take risks to think critically and act - In short, your experience will be the opposite of leadership development, which will force you to develop your own personal leadership. If you keep a long term view, keep the right perspective by realizing its just a career experiment in your early life, and find a way to see whatever happens as a positive learning lesson then you'll be good
Cons
- Regardless of how much you want to grow your career or do meaningful work, or learn rapidly – none of this matters to an older manager/employee. You are a young person with an entire future ahead of you. They are just trying to get paid until retirement. So don’t expect your goals to be facilitated, or to challenge yourself, or learn or anything like that. They just need you to do a job that can maybe make things easier for them, and most importantly, allow them to keep their job (which is likely easily replaceable).
3.0
Nov 23, 2011
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Pros
Work life balance, people are very nice, good hours. Depending on your role (this is talking specifically to RLDP), interesting work. RLDP program is great although bogged down by HR. Not too happy with HR but within the program we get tons of access to senior leadership and there is definitely an effort to develop us.
Cons
Slow. very slow. Many people are lifers and not ambitious. It can be hard to advance depending on where you are as there are too many layers of management in some instances. Culture is just kind of static which kind of sucks for young people.
