Be a hardcore salesman or you won't last as an FA - Financial Advisor Edward Jones Employee Review

3.0
Dec 10, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

****Before taking a job as an FA you need to look at yourself and seriously ask yourself if you are willing to cold call/knock on strangers doors for years. Everyones says they can but very few can. If you are part of the 20% or so who make it, you'll get rich. This firm is great if you are a salesman. If you aren't you'll be gone quickly. -Freedom of owning your own business (but remember you don't own your business) -Fantastic support system to help you but YOU have to do the work -Great bonus structure and incentives to help you build along the way

Cons

- Prospecting and selling family, friends (can be complicated) - Always have to be selling - Your clients aren't yours if you leave, VERY BIG DEAL but no one cares when they're just starting - Very hard to build your business from scratch - Hard to compete against lower cost alternatives

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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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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