Great starting company - Fund Financial Associate Vanguard Employee Review

4.0
Dec 23, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is a great place to start your career and get experience in financial industry. Excellent training program. Benefits used to be really good too, but I hear "the low cost provider" began saving on that aspect of the benefits as well.

Cons

Low pay. If you started working before 2004 you would get a very nice partnership (close to 30% of the base salary), but after 2004 company has reaised base a little bit and significantly decreased partnership units. Management "brainwashes" newcomers with the "best place to work" conastantly and refuse to hire former emplyees back, even if they left on good terms.

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3.0
Jun 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Awesome coworkers for young professionals. Paid licensing for a few months.

Cons

Micromanagement is out of control. Incompetent team leaders who are obsessed with power and metrics. Back to back calls, limited support, and nearly impossible effective communication between departments. Zero time to cultivate culture because you are taking calls every second of the day except for 30min/1hr lunch and two 15 minute breaks. You’re locked into your role for over a year (apprenticeship for around 60 days, then a year after promotion to associate) and your team leaders will not approve internal applications unless you are “eligible”.

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