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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
2.0
Mar 6, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Days off, public holidays, employee benefits. Great office workspaces and amenities.

Cons

Recent management changes within the past 2 years have caused a toxic work environment. The company does not seem interested/willing to listen or act even after multiple employee surveys clearly point at these issues, again, no actions nor improvements attempts have been made to 'fix the issues', in fact, the issues continue to deteriorate on a daily basis. We continue to hire professionals who then are restricted from doing what they were hired to do due to internal politics, misinformation, confusion, lack of good leadership and decision making. With the lack of guidance and future roadmap, each team works in their own silos, none of which are on the same page or working toward the same goals. Very often it comes down to the same few employees taking on the majority of the workload as others are content getting by collecting a paycheck while contributing absolutely nothing. Many times, decisions are made by the least experienced, least knowledgeable members who then knowingly relay misleading or false information to upper management for purchasing decisions.

3.0
Jul 26, 2018

it's...fine.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Beautiful office, some great people, excellent benefits, especially the 401k that you wouldn't be able to participate in unless you're a multi-millionaire. If you have a fancy degree but no professional experience, you will be hired.

Cons

Insanely uptight dress code. Men must wear suits, ladies are chastised for showing bare shoulders and their toes. Being in Westlake for so long has left many people out of touch with real life. Career path is fairly straightforward for those in the financial advisor track. Otherwise, it's typical corporate red tape.

2.0
Oct 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company is honest to a fault. Their index products are very low fees and arguably have better exposure to the market factors that produce outsized returns over time. It is run extremely efficiently, a lean company, and costs are cut ruthlessly to ensure investors pay low fees.

Cons

Not a good place to start work if you have ideals for change and want to make significant impact. Not entrepreneurial and discourages creativity. Financial advisers were recently over-hired and so there is lack of meaningful work to go around. Portfolio management is a misnomer, call it glorified operational management doing repetitive tasks. Salaries are below industry average, especially at the portfolio management level or post-MBA level (150k). Bonuses effectively nonexistent. Nearly impossible to advance to middle management without an MBA.

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