Pros
If you are motivated and want to build something that is your own, this is the career for you. If you want to be an employee, this is not the career for you. New advisors get a lot of responsibility to make sure they're building their practices in a way that will pay long term dividends. Many new advisors are too short term focused and this freedom is too free for them, and ultimately they fail by developing bad habits. If you want to start a business, build it from the ground up, receive all of the recognition along the way and eventually add a partner or a family member, this is the place for you to do it.
Cons
AXA Advisors is a financial planning firm but many people associate it with a life insurance company (AXA Equitable, a subsidiary). Many new advisors try and maximize their short term income by selling life insurance to friends and family as opposed to doing good, comprehensive planning and dealing with both asset management and also insurance, among other things. The connotation then becomes similar to that of some of our peers, which is that we bring in people to sell insurance products to their family.
