If You Can't Sell; DON'T JOIN - Financial Advisor Edward Jones Employee Review

3.0
Aug 30, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Jones has never once lied or disguised truths. If you will work for 12-14 hrs a day for about 5-7 yrs, you'll become a financially independent. Their researchers and money mgmt team are second to none, and you'll almost never go wrong even if you just sit around recommending what they tell you to. The training is #1 in the industry, and the pride in the position is abundant.

Cons

If you think for even a second that you might not be cut out for sales, please do not take this job. The first year salary runs out quickly and the fear in your heart at the end of the day (from not knowing where the next month is coming from) is very real and heavy. The trips around the world, the highly paid advisors, the highly compensated limited partnertship--it's all real, but it's a distant, distant, goal. The reality is that your first several years will be long, grueling, and scary. I'm sure when you got to the other side, you'd say it was worth it, but getting to that other side is a big chance to take.

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Cons

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Cons

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