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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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Reviews by job title

456 reviews
1.0
May 5, 2017

Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very smart people. Amazing building.

Cons

Culture is horrible, a lot of smart people who are looking to differentiate by pointing other people's mistakes. Spend a lot of money for parties and events and do not like to overpay people.

3.0
Feb 19, 2016

Sales

Regional director
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Surrounded by smart, capable people. Emphasis on doing right by our clients. Well documented philosophy and process for building portfolios makes it easy to discuss with clients.

Cons

Tendency towards micro-management from the highest levels of the firm. No transparency on comp, which is below industry avg. Political promotions far outstrip merit-based promotions. Senior leaders are very smart and capable, but are not strong businessman. Need to hire a real CEO who knows how to run a business and deal with people. Many opportunities to build positive morale are overlooked (celebrate a milestone by having a 1 hour happy hour on Friday at 5pm? Why not do it at 3pm and let people go home a bit early? Costs you nothing, but employees are thrilled!)

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.

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