Good entry level position. - Registered Representative Charles Schwab Employee Review

4.0
Jan 7, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The experience you receive from this position is rewarding, a good entry level position. The benefits that Schwab offered were better than competitors. The atmosphere was always professional. Also was nice to stay on top of the market and be able to trade your own account. Most managers were very knowledgable and always looking to help you advance your career, which wasnt far.

Cons

The compensation was poor, definitely misled the bonus payout structure during the interview. How reps were "graded" on graded on their performance seemed childish, often feels like reading through a script. Not a good chance for advancement within the company

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

-Raises our very low. The “exceeding expectations” raise has been around 3% for the last three years, which is under inflation. -AI is used as the primary way of grading performance, however the way that this AI grades is kept secret from us doing the work. You can have great feedback from client but if the AI scores you low, you will be written up/fired. - Client data entry and account operations have been outsourced to low-quality processors India. Every single day you will deal with issues because of how much sloppy work is being done. There is no follow up or problem-solving regarding these errors, they are just a fact of life at Schwab, and you need to double check pretty much everything being done here. -Most members of leadership, when sharing their personal story, will share that Schwab was their second choice. They call someone who has left Schwab and then come back a “schwabarang” and many members of leadership are Schwabarangs. This can easily be felt in the nature and character of the leadership where the focus is on KPI numbers and keeping costs as low as possible over any kind of improvement of operational effectiveness

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