Pros
When the economy is doing well there can be some great non monetary perks such as closing early on Fridays in the summer, gift cards for Christmas and employee lunches. Also, the support staff and many of the brokers are pretty nice, but the atmosphere is really different from office to office. The biggest pro is the opportunity to learn and its a great place for those right out of university who need work experience. You will defintely learn a lot about corporate culture and politics. If you are a top broker its fantastic.
Cons
Pay is horrible which is why most support staff are young and right out of university because anyone with experience will not work there for the pay they offer. If you are a female you can completely forget about any respect or opportunity to advance. Senior brokers get all the attention and some of them are really nasty and rude. Brokers who make lots of deals can do what they want and no matter how bad they treat people it doesn't matter. HR is completely useless and non-existent. There is no advancement opportunities unless you want to be a broker.
