Hightower Advisors reviews

The working environment can be intense because everyone is so invested in what we are trying to achieve and so passionate about our culture and our clients.

The office culture and environment is geared toward pleasing and servicing advisors and their clients. That means that everyone else who is not an advisor or client suffers. Clients were consistently valued more than my personal health and well being and it was made clear to me that I was disposable. Some of the "managers" at the firm have zero experience managing people, make no effort to learn about how to manage people and are truly awful to the people that they manage. The team that I was on created a "watch your back" culture that was devoid of humanity. I was just a way for them to make money. More broadly, the culture at HighTower is one where advisors thrive and support staff are overworked and under appreciated. Many people on the corporate side do not take accountability for their actions. Corporate benefits are not great. 401k match, paid time off (especially for those beginning new families), etc. and the culture for women is not progressive at all.