Pros
Great name recognition, Benefits, Possiblity to make great salary
Cons
Management staff is condescending and incompetent. Compliance staff would like to sabotage any business that sales staff brings in. It is VERY difficult to make it in this position. Plan to have no family life outside of Prudential for the first 4 years because the only way to make it is to work 70 hours per week and spend a lot of time doing free, unpaid service work for existing Pru clients hoping to get a sale from it. No warm leads are ever provided so, it is sink or swim. You have to call everyone you know to start your practice. Even though you a making a pittance of a wage via commissions, you have to pay for office rental, technology costs, etc. as if you were in business for yourself. Realize that after a few month, you will go many weeks at a time with absolutely no paycheck after putting in 70 hours per week. It is tough.