First Command Financial Services reviews about "hour"

Even though you learn a lot there was little room to move up within the company.

long hours sometimes inconsistent pay client acquisition is difficult for some

Some EAs had WAY too much to do, while others were board to tears. Definitely a popularity contents, which isn't a great fit for someone like myself who is more introverted and does not go to happy hour with the team. EAs were also not seriously considered for advancement to other positions.

Pay, turnover, long hours, low staffing, inequality

Although I’m being part-time, I work many hours and don’t get any PTO.

High sales quotas, long hours, difficult work life balance, commission only after nine months

Long hours, You have to build your own business by prospecting on evenings/weekends

I don’t think there are cons, but these are areas of improvement instead: Lower than average hourly wages, paid monthly instead of biweekly, and no medical or dental insurance; but again, these were not dealbreakers for me, but may be for others.

- There is a BAD "Frat-Boy" mentality and favoritism among the District Advisors, which can make for an unhealthy work environment. - The District Advisor (DA) can make or break your career. If you end up having any type of personality conflict with them, they can disengage from your business which can make it very hard to succeed. - The pay & compensation structure while you are a W-2 employee (a 9 month observation period) is somewhat low for the industry, especially considering they will NOT pay you any commissions on products sold during this time, however, the bonuses can help. - Current restrictions to soliciting on military bases makes it very difficult to meet clients that fall within your target market while new minimum income restrictions to work with non-military eliminate many well qualified people that could use the expertise. - Much of the leadership is out of touch with the current demands on the military (again, target market) and they expect that the clients can just take off work to meet with you whenever. While this might have been true in the 90’s and early 2000’s, the reality is that our military men and women are taxed on their time already. - With your core market being military and having frequent moves, you end up losing the clients you've built strong relationships with due to overly strict territorial boundaries. To make matters worse, since you've already serviced most of their needs, there is not much incentive for their randomly assigned new advisor to take the time to give them the same service you gave them. This ends up to an inconsistent experience for many clients. - If you're fortunate enough to make it through the hourly/salary phase and become an Independent Contractor (IC), be prepared to spend several thousand dollars right out of the gate for overpriced laptops, home office support fees, office bills, and many other on-going "business expenses". - Their idea of work/life balance is allowing you to pick which 60 hours you work each week, even once you launch your own business as an IC.