To support its transformation into a digital, customer-centric market leader, Manulife Philippines has made the move to a modern new office space located at the NEX Tower in Ayala Avenue, Makati City.

Manulife’s new office features an open layout, more collaborative workspaces including modern work-cafés in every floor, state-of the art training and meeting rooms, its own event area, and even plants in the workspace.

“The new office was designed to support our new ways of working. Its modern workspace combined with digital work tools enable us to work more collaboratively as a team. All of these empower us to create solutions which make decisions easier and lives better for our customers, distributors, and of course, our colleagues, ” said Richard Bates, President & CEO of Manulife Philippines.

Open Office

The new Manulife office has an open office design to encourage collaboration and enable better communication among employees. Even the workplaces of the management team are open and welcoming for easy consultation. Plants are added to accentuate workspaces while at the same time provide better air quality to help reduce stress.

Collaboration Areas

Aside from individual desks, there are also various collaboration capsules in each department where employees can gather for quick huddles or brainstorming sessions.

Work Cafes

The office has work-cafés where employees can have casual meetings, breaks, or enjoy meals. Employees are encouraged to bring their own cups. Coffee and other drinks are already supplied.

Meeting Rooms

Rooms of varying meeting sizes are situated on all floors. Every floor has quiet rooms for employees who need to work alone and be extra focused on accomplishing tasks.

Large Work Café

There is also a dedicated large work-cafés for formal internal or external gatherings. The space has already hosted some of Manulife’s notable events such as Fintech Association of the Philippines’ Fintech Mixer, Manulife’s Peso Smart graduation, and various internal activities.

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About Manulife Philippines

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company opened its doors for business in the Philippines in 1907. Since then, Manulife’s Philippine Branch and later The Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. (Phils.), Inc. (Manulife Philippines) has grown to become one of the leading life insurance companies in the country. Manulife Philippines is a wholly-owned domestic subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation, among the world’s largest life insurance companies by market capitalization. Learn more about Manulife Philippines by visiting their website www.manulife.com.ph and following them on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ManulifePH), Twitter (@ManulifePH), and Instagram (@manulifeph).

About Manulife

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. We operate primarily as John Hancock in the United States and Manulife elsewhere. We provide financial advice, insurance, as well as wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2018, we had more than 34,000 employees, over 82,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving almost 28 million customers. As of March 31, 2019, we had over $1.1 trillion (US$849 billion) in assets under management and administration, and in the previous 12 months we made $29.4 billion in payments to our customers. Our principal operations in Asia, Canada and the United States are where we have served customers for more than 100 years. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we trade as 'MFC' on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges and under '945' in Hong Kong.

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