Pros
It is a great bank, lots of knowledge, opportunities to study internal courses, good place to start a career, has decent HR policies as per Canadian standards, overall proud to tell anyone I work here.
Cons
Management at the branch level is not highly educated, most have long tenures in Scotiabank, internal hires, so have old-fashioned management techniques, poor on IT skills. Sales staff is pushed too much, they know that easy to replace,so they do not respect sales staff as they should. More focus on numbers and results than efforts. Neopitism at the branches in hiring and promotions is evident. Very little recognition for achievements. If you excel at 18/20 criteria, they will keep bugging you for the 2 not met, and never mention the 18 you reached. No union, so employees are taken advantage of.