Edward Jones reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(5,325 total reviews)
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58% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Edward Jones has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,325 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Edward Jones 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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3.0
Sep 9, 2015

Financial Advisor

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Pros

Lots of support from mentor and regional advisor. Good training made it really easy for me to pass my series 7 exam the first time that I took it.

Cons

Hours are long and door knocking is not for every neighborhood. Should rethink their methods for getting new advisor's clients. It isn't 1957 anymore.

1.0
Jul 14, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The EJ intranet "Joneslink" is a great resource and well developed.

Cons

Offices usually consist of two people. I have had to report issues or harassment from my boss, the financial advisor, to home office. Not only has the advisor retaliated, but the home office as well. I am working with a lawyer right now building my case. EJ definitely does not look out for its employees.

3.0
Jun 18, 2015
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Pros

Jones has a system down, and if you follow it to a 't' you will very likely find success if you have your act at least somewhat put together (i.e. previous professional experience, good standing in your community). This is a little different from other firms that just set you loose with very little guidance. Edward Jones is idiot-proof from top to bottom, all training's are delivered at the third grade level. All you have to do is build relationships and earn people's trust so that they'll hand over their money, Jones does the rest.

Cons

If you really love the investments you're going to have a rough time here. I could not in good conscience sell an A-share mutual fund to anyone. There is no true advisory platform available, and the cost of doing business with Jones can add up rather quickly and there are so many better options available on the market now. Jones' model relies exclusively on leveraging their advisor's relationship with their client base in order to extract high investment fees. Before I moved on from Jones, of the hundreds, maybe thousands of advisors I'd met working there, though nice enough, I wouldn't put my money with any one of them, and that was probably the biggest 'con' of all with Jones.

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