Pros
The local managment is dedicated, well-meaning, and fairley competant. They will do what they can to help new FSA's.
Cons
There is very little chance a new employee will make a career of Prudential. Less than 12% of the new agents that start today will be in the industry 4 years from now..that is a 88% FAILURE rate. If you are a recent graduate, have a young family, or are dependent on your income to survive, you will not make it at Prudential. If you are retired looking for a second career, or have a spouse that can support you for several years, you may have a chance. Despite the pretty marketing and the talk of "financial services" and "financial planning", new agents are hired to sell life insurance, and lot's of it. If you don't have a readily avialable base of prospects that will but expensive permenant insurance, you will have a difficult time. The poeple are good, but the system is broken. How can a company or an industry look at a 88% failure rate of new employee's and be ok with it? Doesn't it indicate thatthere is something fundementally wrong with the system? The changing regulatory enviroment is going to make it even tougher to sell products..do your self a favor and find a fee- only fiduciary acepting financial planning firm to work with and learn the career the right way. In the several years I was with Prudential, I saw many people leave after 1-2 years, demoralized, deafeten, and financially ruined because they belived the corporate hype.