It varies - Internal Wholesaler Equitable Advisors Employee Review

2.0
Aug 8, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people in the company. Had a lot of fun getting to know some of the people and everyone is really nice. Office is state of the art, bordering on too much. Pay is actually really nice, campaigns are a great motivator

Cons

Especially if you work as an internal, your external matters. Had a really good friend in training, she got a great territory where she works with her external constantly, and is put in positions to grow. I ended up getting an external who doesn't come across as motivated or willing to help me grow. While others are doing sales, I'm just an errand boy and I don't even feel comfortable enough to ask my external for more help or for ideas. Company culture is completely gone after Covid. Sales desk experience is not even close to what it was. Advisors constantly call in pissed off either because service desk is in India or because someone didn't follow up when they were supposed to, and you just gotta take it. Work flat out feels robotic and unrewarding often.

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible and good company culture. Management invests in you.

Cons

You have to be self-motivated and consistently put in the effort to see results.

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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