The BOA Opportunity: Too Little Pay For A Lot of Responsibility - BOA Branch Office Administrator Edward Jones Employee Review

3.0
Nov 30, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits but not exceptional; easy to be hired if you have people skills and a little common sense.

Cons

With only a year on the job training you are expected to essentially be an office manager - sometimes that is a good thing, sometimes not. If you end up working with an FA who is ethical, fair and treats you as an equal than it can be a great working environment. If you end up with an FA who is not, then my advice is to tolerate the situation the best you can and GET OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS YOU CAN. At all costs avoid getting HR involved - they are trained to side with the FAs, aka, business producers. You are secondary and replaceable, hence that is why it is so easy to get hired with little or no experience. HR will make you think they are on your side but only in matters that are clearly against the law (sexual harassment, for example) they will not and cannot make the FA treat you well.

Explore other reviews about Edward Jones

5.0
Jun 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to transition into the world of Financial Advising

Cons

Tough business to get started on your own.

2.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Holds firm to its conservative investment philosophy.

Cons

The firm has been behind the times for decades. It is great that they are finally trying to get up to speed, but the rate of change is not manageable. There has been a high turnover in support staff and it's hard to get accurate information when needing support. It also seems like they have lost their original focus of being the local friendly financial advisor in your backyard and being accessible to the masses. The focus has shifted to high-net-worth individuals and catering to the wealthy. I've watched several advisors get pushed out because they expressed concern and needed support they weren't receiving. When hired as an advisor I was told I'd receive all of this wonderful training of what to say and how to overcome objections and did not receive any of that training. Most of the training is a high-level overview with homework of figuring it out on your own time. In order to be successful as an advisor at Edward Jones, you need to plan on working 80 hours a week for at least the first five years at the firm with little to no support.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All