Manulife Named 2025 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner for Third Year in a Row
March 18, 2025
Toronto – Manulife has received the 2025 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third year in a row, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world. Out of 70 organizations honoured, Manulife was one of only seven to win With Distinction, setting a new benchmark for workplace excellence.
“We’re very proud to receive this award as we believe our colleagues and our culture are our most sustainable long-term competitive advantages,” said Pam Kimmet, Chief Human Resources Officer, Manulife. “We posted strong results last year and that was fueled by our winning team. Our high-performing culture makes Manulife a destination employer and a great place to work, and we’re committed to ensuring our colleagues have what they need to develop and learn in their roles.”
According to Gallup, Manulife continued to engage and develop its people in innovative ways, setting new benchmarks for workplace excellence.
“Congratulations to this year’s Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award winners for setting the standard for a thriving workplace. Their commitment to creating an environment where employees feel valued, heard and empowered to do their best work is truly remarkable. By prioritizing both people and performance, they are shaping the future of work and proving that exceptional workplaces drive real results,” said Jon Clifton, Gallup’s chief executive officer.
Manulife successfully met Gallup’s rigorous award criteria, placing the company in an elite group recognized for this award. Gallup’s meta-analysis on team engagement and performance is the most comprehensive workplace study ever conducted, with data on more than 3.3 million employees in 347 organizations across 53 industries and 90 countries. Highly engaged organizations significantly outperform their peers on important business outcomes, including customer ratings, profitability, productivity, turnover, safety incidents, shrinkage, absenteeism, quality, wellbeing and organizational citizenship.
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping our customers make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States, providing financial advice and insurance for individuals, groups and businesses. Through Manulife Wealth & Asset Management, we offer global investment, financial advice, and retirement plan services to individuals, institutions, and retirement plan members worldwide. At the end of 2024, we had more than 37,000 employees, over 109,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 36 million customers. We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.
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