Be very selective with who you're hired under - Financial Consultant Equitable Advisors Employee Review

3.0
Jul 13, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

There are a few really great advisor team leads out there.

Cons

My supervisor and the one above him both stepped down from their positions along with everyone on my team failing out. Thankfully I had performed well and was offered to join other successful teams but it is definitely a culture of only supporting those at the top and this can lead to dangerous sales practices that contradict the purpose of financial advising.

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
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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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