Is Equitable Advisors a good company to work for?

Equitable Advisors has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,908 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 65% of employees would recommend working at Equitable Advisors to a friend and 65% 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 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Equitable Advisors. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Equitable Advisors?

65% 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 (821) , Financial Professional (381) , 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 184 reviews)); "3. Training is great." ((in 157 reviews)); "Great culture and highly motivated individuals" ((in 142 reviews)); "Flexibility; the company truly cares; great benefit options" ((in 83 reviews)); "flexible schedule and they were able to provide me with a market to work" ((in 51 reviews))

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

"no salary (the salary they offer is a scam)" ((in 92 reviews)); "Not much help from management and poor organizational structure." ((in 79 reviews)); "Commission only compensation is tough." ((in 72 reviews)); "Long hours and hard to stay determined" ((in 67 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 57 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 Equitable Advisors locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Cedar Rapids , Erie , Raleigh , Jacksonville , Richmond , Woodbury , San Antonio , Salt Lake City , Honolulu , Overland Park

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Equitable Advisors reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(2,516 total reviews)

Mark Pearson

80% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Career opportunities

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.9

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

Equitable Advisors has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,516 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Equitable Advisors employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews

2.0

Apr 22, 2015

Advisor

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

A sales job with decent earning potential. Access to full brokerage outside of insurance/annuities. Reasonable sales goals.

Cons

Passes on (forcefully in some cases) literally every cost you can imagine to the advisor. Completely opaque compensation structure that is extremely time consuming to track to see if the company is stealing from you after passing on every cost. Useless middlemen/whole saler types in a company filled with middlemen. Worst of all, as a Life Insurance Company, the only universally loathed department within the company is AXA's very own underwriting/national operations life insurance processing unit. The company itself may profit from some of the "tools" it "provides" (charged to the advisor)

1.0

Sep 30, 2014

I didn't like working for free.

Financial consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Don't work here. There are none.

Cons

It's not worth your time and money.

2.0

Jul 23, 2014

If it sounds too good to be true, it's probably not true...

Financial advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You can definitely make a lot of money, if you choose to focus on the life insurance side of the business (which they heavily encourage/promote). It really does feel like running your own business, complete autonomy.

Cons

One of the most challenging career choices one can take on, very high fail rate. You will burn through you savings/ go into debt just to get started since its commission based. Predominated focuses on risk management/insurances.

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