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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
      Dec 4, 2013

      Used to be an enjoyable place to work, but the morale has gone down quite a bit.

      Senior associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good pay and benefits, smart employees, beautiful building facilities, living in Austin

      Cons

      This company used to do more internal promotions, but has changed. They have been hiring a lot of external candidates and providing little to no career development for current employees. Since Eduardo took over, the company has been micromanaged from the top down. At all levels, people feel they cannot or do not have the authority to make decisions without his input. Yet he has no background/experience in marketing, management, sales, etc. The company monitors who gets to work by 8am and who doesn't. Not that other companies don't, but this company only seems to care about what time you arrive, not that you put in a full day's work.

      2.0
      Dec 19, 2011

      Merit is set aside for favoritism....

      Fas
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good salary good people, including mgmt. (but it is their decisions that are very suspect)

      Cons

      RDs sit in cubes (thanks to CEO) CEO micro manages questionable promotions - not even sure how these decisions are made too much emphasis on outside, external hires (new CEO is the one making this push...) politics are too much mgmt. not trustworthy many different management styles - results in an unfair and unequal assessment standards come year end

      1.0
      Feb 28, 2011

      Great experience if you're in a higher role; otherwise, don't even bother

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Benefits are fairly decent (healthcare, gym reimbursement) - Work hours aren't too bad, particularly for lower level employees - Very talented and bright employees

      Cons

      - POLITICAL - company claims to try to be fair and cares, but it's really a sham. Incredibly biased evaluation of employees. If you're in the "in" crowd with your boss, you are golden. If you aren't, don't even bother expecting anything at all. - HR is horrible. They don't do anything and the leadership at the top is SO bad. Higher up VPs take complete advantage of the system and no one will say a word to them. - Morale is horrible. Everyone is waiting for the remaining founder to sell the company, so they can cash out and leave. The founder pulled a fast one and moved the company headquarters to Austin from Santa Monica and most people were forced to move because the economy was in shambles and they didn't have the choice. I know first hand that there will be an exodus once the company is sold and all the VPs can dump their shares.

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