The external persona vs. the internal reality - Financial Advisor Edward Jones Employee Review

2.0
Jan 23, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

You really can build your own business, particularly if you have no prior experience. They have taken the thinking out, they give you okay tools.

Cons

Not designed for people that like to think for themselves. Limited products, high costs for clients, weak reporting to clients, training is how to be a door knocker and go door to door in residential areas. They want you to be high pressure sales even though they will say differently externally. A very old fashioned company, seems geared toward the dumb money and lower balance accounts. They must have paid out some big legal settlements to have dumbed down the advisors so much. While you can build your own business, most won't.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 24, 2026
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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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