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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

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
1.0
Aug 6, 2013

Not a good career move

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It is a paycheck that comes at a stiff price.

Cons

This company has become toxic. IT management consistently shows its incompetence and unwillingness to address the problems. The environment has become unprofessional . I have seen departments self destruct before but never on this scale. 26 people have left within the past 3 months.

2.0
Jan 11, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Great history and story to the company. Smart employees, but bad culture. Great place to learn how to be an indexer. How to process corporate actions. Learn how to elect on proxies!

Cons

A lot of "new" MBA's that say they are all about efficient markets only because if they don't they will probably be fired. Not open to ideas that the investment world is looking at. So it leaves you specialized to the point where nobody else cares how you view the world through a DFA investment microscope. Leaves you with little transferable skills because of the specialized nature of the firm. If you can stay and somehow find a niche then awesome, but like most people who leave you will find yourself exactly where you started with few skills added. In house processes exist and nobody wants to change them because they work. However, current employees don't even know what they really do because they didn't write the poorly constructed code in VB6. It is really a shame to see the new CEO incorporate all these performance reviews and micro-manage departments. I guess he should just eliminate all VPs in general and just micro-manage all departments.

3.0
Sep 30, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Dimensional funds and investment philosophy are great. I still use their funds.

Cons

Management doesn't care about employees growth, self esteem, career progression. Toxic work environment.

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