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      Dimensional Fund Advisors

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      Dimensional Fund Advisors reviews

      3.8

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (456 total reviews)

      Dave Butler and Gerard O.Reilly

      86% approve of CEO

      81% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.6

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      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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      456 reviews
      1.0
      Oct 21, 2015

      Great Ideas, Great Execution, Horrid Company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great brand reputation - Products are solid in terms of low cost and investor focus - Nice office building and cafeteria - Above market-rate compensation

      Cons

      - Very distracting office layout - Horridly political/back-stabbing co-workers. - No feedback to employees in any place in the system - Value face-time over actual work performed

      2.0
      May 13, 2015

      DFA

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice people, if in sales quality of life pretty good. In other dept PM, Research it is horrible

      Cons

      Complete disconnect on who does the work and who gets rewarded. Everything is sales driven. Can't sell, don't bother coming in. Comp well below market. Mass exodus already starting as upper management benchmarks raises at 1-2% as the firm is growing 15-20% in revenue and profits per year

      2.0
      Mar 26, 2021

      It isn't 1981 anymore

      Technologist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - The company has deep pockets and if you're able to convince leadership why they need to invest in something you're gonna have a good time. Good luck with that. - Great people - A fancy office with all the accoutrements (but nobody goes there anymore nor should they be expected to)

      Cons

      This is a good boys club and if you aren't a rich, white, privileged male, you aren't in the inner circle where all the decisions get made - The culture encourages employees to operate with moral hazard and not challenge the status quo (or do anything at all in some cases) Even small change is too jarring for most people and you will be met with resistance - Bureaucracy and apathy undermine progress Senior leadership doesn't understand how the business operates beyond what happens on the trading floor - Technology is poorly understood and getting investment in solid people, processes, and technology is incredibly difficult

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