Pros
Employees genuinely care about working for the representatives that encompass the 4 firms owned by Advisor Group. Front-line employees routinely go above and beyond to give their all to provide first class service to their rep customers. Employees form strong relationships and work well together both within their own location as well as at the other 3 locations despite geographic distances. Employees value that the Presidents of each of the firms provide great leadership to employees at their location and they get to know the employees and have their employees’ best interests in mind.
Cons
Advisor Group's “one size fits all” management style does not benefit the unique cultures at each location. Decisions and assumptions are made that sometimes appear to be a knee-jerk reaction at the Advisor Group level seemingly without guidance and counsel from the individual locations’ leadership expertise, experience and “intel”. Change is often implemented prior to sufficient communication to key stakeholders. Advisor Group internal communications to non-management employees are modest to insufficient even when the front-line employees’ jobs are impacted. A lot of information can only be “heard through the grapevine” especially when employee's direct manager is at another location.