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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).

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

456 reviews
2.0
Nov 15, 2016

Associate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company has been performing very well for some time and the outlook is still great. Good work life balance and the office is nice. Cafeteria is also very nice and fairly cost effective. Benefits package is good.

Cons

Extremely bureaucratic and very centrally controlled. Employees are discouraged from making any decisions on their own for fear of repercussions. Pay is well below market for everyone but the few at the top. The work is extremely easy. After 2-3 months on the job the boredom will set in. Middle management has little to no "management" experience and lacks vision or forward planning.

3.0
Jul 2, 2015

Regional Director

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They pay very well and never have layoffs.

Cons

The company is highly political and does not promote based on merit.

3.0
Jul 3, 2014

Great if you're a Chicago MBA

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A percentage of your annual salary went into a bonus and the rest into your DFA 401k, which was very nice. But 3% of $18,000 ain't much. I didn't have a degree and worked my way up (a tiny bit) from a bagel toaster technician and coffee maker to the mail room to a very junior Marketing position. I asked a lot of questions and learned an awful lot about asset allocation and diversification. Plus I had access to a lot of software that I learned and took to my future jobs. The experience helped me a great deal.

Cons

Academic is putting it lightly. Unless you had an MBA from that school without a football team, your only other way in was through fall-back choices like Harvard, Yale, etc. Many undergrads I worked with acted as if getting hired meant their work in life was over and they were semi-retired. And management let them get away with it. Not wearing a necktie was looked upon as if I'd joined ISIS, even though I never, ever met a client. Some PMs were patient and helped me learn, others were NASA-types and acted like I was scum. Be prepared for endless gym talk and frat boy mentality.

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