AXA’s Retirement Benefits Group is a great company to work for! - Financial Advisor Equitable Advisors Employee Review

5.0
Jun 20, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

-You get to choose your own hours. -Sky’s the limit on commissions. -Salary for your first 2 years plus half commissions. After year three it is all commission plus bonuses. It gives you time to build your clientele. -Great benefits: health, dental, vision, 401k, stock purchase. -You make a difference in people’s lives with investing their money, protecting their families, and financial planning. -Great way to learn a lot about the real world. -As an associate of the RBG, we focus on mostly teachers and their families. You can also choose what type of clients you want such as business owners, non profits, individual, etc.

Cons

-If you aren’t putting in the time then you won’t make much money. If you don’t hit certain numbers, then you don’t qualify for some benefits. -You start making good money after year 2. -You have to be a people person to be in this industry. If you don’t like talking to people you will not succeed.

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

Very fun work place and great work environment. Awesome incentive trips, great culture. Good management. Very motivational culture. Very lenient schedule depending on manager.

Cons

Bad pay within first couple of years. Back paying salary through "recovered commissions". Not much support in terms of finding clients.

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Complete freedom to build your book of business anmd schedule.

Cons

Horrendous place to start. Managers run their own practice and have little to no time to actually help you outside of your joint meetings so you're on your own. They only give you 2 options to get clients, cold calling or their retirement benefits group through schools. Basically the whole advising piece is to just to sell life insurance and annuities. The support staff is thin so you're kind of on your own with paperwork and compliance docs. They just genuinely offer you nothing. No help with covering costs (you pay for all your licensing and marketing materials), they even charge you for using the company laptop and fees for programs you will never use. They will mislead you about the commission payouts and you only really get something if you get them to buy an annuity or life insurance. If you also have a remaining balance of any fees when you leave, they will literally sending you threatening letters demanding the money and threaten you with claims court if you don't pay it back.

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