Edward Jones reviews

The old culture has seriously deteriorated. Edward Jones used to be about always doing the right thing, taking care of family and community, not making money the reason for your life "money has never been my god..." The home office used to treat advisors like they served the advisors. It was a respectful collaborative effort. Now it feels like policy, how you operate your office, what product and how you push clients to those products is emphasized. Too many people focused on increasing revenue from existing clients. Home office people can often be rude, home office associates can occasionally be found that "talk down" to advisors. The culture of respect and collaboration are largely dead. It's senior management driving policy to areas and regions, and regional leaders trying to shove policy down the throats of advisors and their offices.

The interview process was pretty straightforward but the training is inadequate for all the responsibilities and expectations of the role. It takes 2 years in average to get “comfortable” my FA was very unprofessional, super control freak, would blame me for her mistakes, yell ar me while I was on the phone with clients and made the workplace absolute hell. Biggest mistake and would never go back. I lasted 8 months and it was torture. Depends on your FA of course, can be a better experience but still the amount of information you need to learn is insane for what they pay you.