For the first 2 yrs, plan on spending a lot time traveling for less than minimum wage - Financial Professional Equitable Advisors Employee Review

3.0
Sep 17, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great niche market for young financial advisors to get their feet wet. PCs build on annual basis, so you need to stay with the company for a minimum of 5 years to make a 6 figure living. In the Retirement Benefits Group, basically, you are enrolling new participants in 403b plans to make a living. Easy enough, yet not paid well in the beginning. Great people and company to work for if early in your financial career. Company technology is catching up to other financial firms.

Cons

If you are in the EDC or DC field, the pay is not enough in the beginning, if you are an experienced rep.

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5.0
Apr 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation structure, product availability, brokerage system, overall tools, open structure to do best for your clients

Cons

Support staff are more hands off, not a lot of in house support staff members.

2.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Accessible stepping stone into the industry. Flexibility

Cons

Little transparency for employees, high pressure annuities and insurance sales with little real education or support on product or sales practice knowledge. Expect long hours while you learn to do recordkeeping and support work on your own while trying to meet goals that make sense for someone with a few years of prior experience, staff to help with paperwork and recordkeeping, and a decent lead funnel. You may not get any of these depending on branch and territory but you will still have a performance goal to keep your base pay and benefits that feels absurd to the new entrants they primarily target for recruitment.

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