It depends on who you ask.... - Financial Advisor Edward Jones Employee Review

3.0
Aug 16, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-According to their recruiters and trainers, you get to make your own schedule as a Financial Advisor. To a certain extent, that is true. -Decent starting pay for FAs to help get you off the ground -A LOT of training, and GOOD training. Headhunters will come a-calling to try to get you to join their company after you have been trained by Jones.

Cons

-As I stated above, you are told you get to make your own schedule as an FA. Sometimes this is true, but sometimes you will make an appointment for a client or have a family obligation, and your trainer will inevitably call the office while you are out. In my experience, they trainers will then chastise you for not being available. This is only one example of the mixed messages you get from this company. They want you to be out meeting clients, but they want you immediately available for the trainers. The most frustrating part about all of this is that the trainers will never pick up their phones when you call which is a waste of the FA's time. If you want to be told several different things and not have a concrete path, then this company will suit you. If not, look elsewhere.

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Cons

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Pros

They have allowed the HBA’s (home based associates) to remain remote

Cons

Micromanagers, they say they are okay if you want to apply to another department within the firm but the minute you do it’s like you get a target on your back. The pay doesn’t match the workload and the word is that you have to quit and then come back to make what you should already be getting paid. Benefits are terrible but 401k is pretty good

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