Dimensional Fund Advisors reviews

Dysfunctional senior management. Complete lack of accountability my senior management. Staff is routinely "thrown under the bus" for situations and decisions that are completely out of their control. Politics are a major issue between management & staff, departments and offices. Politics permeates the culture while management is oblivious to its existence. HR is utterly ineffective in dealing with the organization's issues. Staff's only course of action is to resign. Real talent, insight and years of direct experience are not appreciated. It will get your hired but counts for nothing afterwards. No one is willing to "rock the boat" in order to fix a blatant issue with another senior manager. It can be a challenge to work with highly educated individuals who know much about a narrow field but behave as though they know all about everything, including how best to do your job. It's common fault among PhD's.

No creative thinking in any department of the company. No dynamism in strategy. The ex-CEO left to start a new ETF version of Dimensional with a competitor and there's been absolutely no change or adaptation to this. Some number like 11 or more senior-level people left to join him because they could work from home, were paid better, etc. It's strange that a company that started off as innovative has refused to adjust its culture or strategy in any way since. The employees are nice but gossip behind everyone's backs. Ingroups and outgroups are rampant. People will get invited to one hangout and then not another. It's like an elementary school. The "adults" or vps/directors parent the associates and are just as vindictive and exclusionary. It's an interesting culture. Maybe everyone's just bored from a lack of dynamism, market knowledge, etc.