Is Equitable Advisors a good company to work for?

Equitable Advisors has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,916 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 63% of employees would recommend working at Equitable Advisors to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Equitable Advisors have been left by employees working as Vice President , Executive Assistant and Regional Vice President .

Does Equitable Advisors pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Equitable Advisors employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Equitable Advisors. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Equitable Advisors?

63% of Equitable Advisors employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Equitable Advisors 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Equitable Advisors?

Financial Advisor (825) , Financial Professional (383) , Financial Consultant (295) , Intern (80) , Financial Representative (38) , Vice President (28) , Administrative Assistant (26) , Executive Assistant (19) , Financial Planner (19) , Wealth Management Intern (19) , Advisor (17) , Financial Advisor Trainee (17) , Regional Vice President (16) , Registered Representative (15) , Internship (14)

What are the pros of working at Equitable Advisors according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great and motivated" ((in 196 reviews)); "Entry Level position with great training" ((in 165 reviews)); "Great culture and highly motivated individuals" ((in 143 reviews)); "Flexibility; the company truly cares; great benefit options" ((in 86 reviews)); "Flexible schedule but the more time you put in the more you'll get out of it." ((in 50 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Equitable Advisors according to real employee reviews?

"No base salary depending on your role which is very hard to balance." ((in 89 reviews)); "This is great position for someone with years of experience and the ability to live off of full commission." ((in 74 reviews)); "Not much help from management and poor organizational structure." ((in 74 reviews)); "Long hours and hard to stay determined" ((in 68 reviews)); "Hopefully you get a good manager (as I did) that will help you get a foothold in business early before you start to branch out." ((in 56 reviews))

What are employees saying about Equitable Advisors layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Equitable Advisors layoffs and their outlook for job security at Equitable Advisors in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Equitable Advisors locations?

New York , Dallas , San Francisco , Los Angeles , Houston , Woodbury , Columbia , Wellesley , Scottsdale , Austin , Raleigh , Bellevue , Woodbridge , Charlotte , San Antonio , San Diego , Falls Church , Troy , Irvine , Buffalo , Bala Cynwyd , Pittsburgh , Jacksonville , Edison , Secaucus , Fort Worth , Philadelphia , Syracuse , Atlanta , Miami

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3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(635 total reviews)

Mark Pearson

80% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

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3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.9

Senior management

3.4

Compensation and benefits

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3.0

Mar 24, 2013

Big upside for right entrepreneur if you can navigate politics and understand management incentives working against you

Financial advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Entrepreneurial. Unlimited earnings potential, work as much or as little as you like, you're basically a small business owner. Open architecture, advisory and brokerage platform through LPL Financial (largest independent broker/dealer). Insurance products, in addition to AXA Equitable Life & Annuity can be sourced through other companies (MetLife, Genworth, Allianz, Prudential, Hartford, Genworth, WilliamPenn, Banner, etc). *See advice to management*

Cons

"Eat what you kill" culture. Zero base salary, 100% commission. You need to find your own clients/prospects generally through old calling. Unless you have an established network that can provide sustainable/consistent lead sources, but that is the exception not the norm. Highly political management is all sales guys who are given incentives to increase their override over what's necessarily right for the advisor or client. *See advice to management.

4.0

Mar 4, 2013

Decent so far

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

*everyone is friendly and wants to see you do well *managing team does well with pre contracting meetings to help you see what's in store when you pass all your licensing exams *they don't bs with you, they tell you straight up that this is a difficult profession, you get out of it what you put in

Cons

*have you pay for your tests up front (reimburse after you contract) *paynwont be great to start *at the beginning the only way you'll make decent money is by going through your natural market

3.0

Mar 3, 2013

Tough to make it

Intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Entreprunial -Earning potential -Flexible -Good money if you can sell, but they want you to sell to friends and family. Once you run out of them, alot of people can fail

Cons

-Start up cost -Turn over rate -Chop Shop -Hard work

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