Achieve reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(916 total reviews)
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Andrew Housser and Bradford Stroh

75% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Achieve has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 916 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Achieve employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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916 reviews
4.0
Feb 18, 2025

Solid Company

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay, benefits, and opportunities. Some quality in work life balance.

Cons

Ridiculous expectations for certain roles.

1.0
Feb 3, 2025

Beware of layoffs

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Only pro is the work life balance of being remote, however they threaten going back in the office all the time.

Cons

Beware of layoffs that have consistently happened twice per year for the last 3 years. It’s seems that someone doesn’t manage the budget properly because they do a bunch of hiring of sales folks in the summer, but start layoffs in November and then again in Q1. We’ve been told in meetings that the company is not in a good place financially so I would not trust the “best place to work” surveys. We keep being told they will re-evaluate the budget and make cuts as necessary. Doesn’t feel secure at all and there are a lot of employees looking elsewhere for a more stable company. There has not been any career opportunities for growth within the company for the last 4 years.

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Achieve Response
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Thank you for your review. We're sorry your experience as of late has not met our high standards as a Best Place to Work in Phoenix 15 times. While we did recently downsize certain teams at a small scale, we continue to grow in our mission of helping thousands of members every day find their way to better financial future. In addition, more than one-third of our teammates experienced career growth and development into new positions in 2024. Please feel free to reach out to me at hmarcom@achieve.com if you'd like to discuss your concerns in more detail.
5.0
Feb 1, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I worked for Achieve for about 3 years. It was a great place to work for, the owners did actually care for what they do and those who they employed. One thing in particular I want to shout out here, is their DEI program. I know, DEI programs are being attacked from all fronts in today's society, however Achieve's DEI initiatives seems to actually embrace diversity and respect every person's differences, regardless of their skin color, ethic origin, and personalities. This brings up one of the most underrated perks I took away from my time in Achieve - they have one of the best employee training programs and teams I have ever had luck to be part of. This is so far the only company I have worked for where I actually not just enjoyed their employee training but took away probably life long useful lessons from it. Me and several senior trainers both agree that the owners actually do care about what they say, instead of running such programs solely because the law required them to or they wanted to virtual signaling to boost their market share. Too bad, not many other companies are doing the same which is probably the reason why such programs have come under massive attacks today.

Cons

Too bad the company has been through tough times and had to rely on private equity to fund its operations, and layoffs are happening in an increasing fashion. It will be really bad if the owners are forced to sell the company's majority stake eventually because I personally feel like they are standout businessmen. Wish I could have stayed longer but I believe there are structural issues they will have to fix that is not doable with money or layoffs.

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