Great Place to work for the family/work balance but they will keep you poor - Brokerage Representative Vanguard Employee Review

3.0
Sep 1, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The Vanguard Brokerage department was a great place to work for the family / work balance. Very little stress, opportunity to learn a lot and a lot of great people there

Cons

Took forever for someone to enact a decision. Every week we would get surveys on how to improve things but seemed to fall on deaf ears. You would spend half your day in useless meetings. opportunity to do a lot of jobs but not many places to go up. Culture is some what old fashioned. They haven't learned that it is ok to have fun at work and have a relaxed atmosphere, they should learn from companies like google - RELAXED AND ENJOYABLE ATMOSPHERES MAKE EMPLOYEES HAPPY WHICH FOSTERS A MORE PRODUCTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT. Like I said before, low pay

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5.0
Mar 9, 2026
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Pros

Vanguard covered housing for the summer for almost completely free and the people you work with will actively try to develop you.

Cons

The work you do (and therefore your overall experience) can be highly team dependent and team assignment seems to be random

3.0
Jun 3, 2026
Recommend
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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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