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      Dimensional Fund Advisors

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      Dimensional Fund Advisors reviews

      3.8

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (456 total reviews)

      Dave Butler and Gerard O.Reilly

      87% approve of CEO

      82% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.6

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Dimensional Fund Advisors has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 456 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Dimensional Fund Advisors 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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      456 reviews
      4.0
      Nov 18, 2015

      Decent job

      Research associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      This was the best dead end job I ever had. The work was easy, the benefits were good, nothing was too stressful.

      Cons

      It got really boring after I learned how to do my job and there wasn't much incentive to take on additional responsibility. Not very much room for growth. The only way to move up is to have an MBA or PhD and then move into a client facing role. Only sales is really valued.

      1.0
      Oct 22, 2015

      Frustrating as hell

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Plenty of smart, capable people who want to do well for the firm's clients and for the firm

      Cons

      Political environment is awful. Wealth is highly concentrated - chairman makes more than $150 million & Co-Ceo more than $20 million p.a. "Merit increases" are between 1.5-3% (i.e. inflation) and "merit bonuses" are fixed % targets regardless of contribution. They intentionally hire at lower half of industry comp because "Dimensional is such a great work environment." You have to fight for everything - even the best ideas are assumed to be wrong/stupid if they don't originate from a handful of people, in which case they are assumed to be brilliant/gospel.

      1.0
      Oct 21, 2015

      Great Ideas, Great Execution, Horrid Company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great brand reputation - Products are solid in terms of low cost and investor focus - Nice office building and cafeteria - Above market-rate compensation

      Cons

      - Very distracting office layout - Horridly political/back-stabbing co-workers. - No feedback to employees in any place in the system - Value face-time over actual work performed

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