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Edelman Financial Engines

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Edelman Financial Engines reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

(484 total reviews)
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Ralph Haberli

21% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Edelman Financial Engines has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 484 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Edelman Financial Engines 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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484 reviews
5.0
Oct 20, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

If you are an experienced financial advisor and are sick of the constant prospecting and being put in the position of selling commission products, you should consider Financial Engines. Great benefits package, salary plus AUM fees, steady lead flow provided by firm, FeeOnly Fiduciary providing comprehensive, goals- based financial planning. Also has rapid growth so plenty of room for advancement.

Cons

A bit of corporate micromanaging but genuinely love my job.

1.0
Oct 13, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance, nice office, free gym membership

Cons

This is a difficult question to answer cause it would vary from one person to another depending on their role and expectation. From an engineer's perspective this place is a NO GO. There are some good engineers but unfortunately the progress ladder is all based on your relationships and has nothing to do with your work. Which leads to a culture where engineers change the gears and focus on relationship building than engineering. Calling the technical leadership stupid may be too much but from engineering perspective they are nothing less than stupid since they think they know all of it. Part of it comes from the long tenure of some people which makes them super comfortable. They don't disturb anyone and nor do they like to be disturbed. Nothing against those people in particular but they kind of block the path for everyone, imagine it like some old people driving slowly on highway and instead of just one lane they are in all the lanes. Though they have good reasons to drive slow but by taking over all lanes slowing everyone else. All good engineers I knew of either left the company or changed their ways unfortunately (mind when I say not so good engineers it does not mean bad people) . Lately there is some pattern visible in the hiring too, a lot of engineering hires are from the same company. This usually happens in couple of scenarios, either there was a layoff in a company which used to operate in the same business domain or some one moved along with their complete unit to from another company. Any other reason is a big red flag for anyone with some common sense.

4.0
Oct 12, 2017

Great Culture!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-The culture at EFS is really great! Everyone there is very welcoming and willing to help one another. -As a new FT employee you get a free financial planner. Which is awesome!

Cons

-Depending on your position there's not really a work-life balance

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