Made good money before getting burnt out.
Pros
Challenging, lots of educational opportunities for learning, great support system, pay can be very good if you are committed, no experience is the same. Manager was extremely supportive, helpful and determined to see his employees would succeed. Run your own business. Also opportunities to work and split commissions with experienced senior advisors. If you can find a relationship like this it can be very rewarding both in experiences and money.
Cons
Costs associated with employment are very high as you have to pay for most of your technology costs and other items. Not something you can do on your own until you've done joint meetings with a senior advisor for a while to learn how to run meetings on your own. You must be on the phone constantly in order to schedule meetings and create business. Getting licensed can be a challenge if you do not have a business degree or financial services background. Too much freedom if you need direction as you schedule run and operate your own business essentially. Commission can be intermittent to start out with so you must be good at budgeting and saving money. To
