Raymond James Financial reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,486 total reviews)
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Paul C. Reilly

89% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Raymond James Financial has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,486 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Raymond James Financial 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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4.0
Feb 26, 2009
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Pros

Enjoyable people to be around, and for the most part everyone really is working to do their best and achieve goals

Cons

Fair amount of politics, but probably not worse than similar size companies, pay and benefits are lower than industry - Sunshine doesn't pay the mortgage

3.0
Feb 23, 2009
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Pros

It is a large company and the association of working with such a place can be good. People in the area know about RJ . The resources at the company are quite comprehensive; if you are interested in learning more about the financial industry you can do so. Many employees will open their own personal brokerage accounts and even participate in trading; they have the expertise and guidance of the Employee Trading/Service Desk to help them along with certain things. There are a lot of seminars and groups cater to certain interests, such as Women at Work or the Weight Watchers at Work program. The employees there get along rather well and the security is friendly. The building itself is nice enough, it is not over the top luxurious but there are constant upgrades and improvements being made for the sake of safely and comfort. The benefits package is excellent; dental, vision, health, 401K, stock sharing plan, etc.

Cons

It depends on which department you work in; the income producing departments have much better experiences, in departments such as Customer Operations, the comfort dramatically declines. The "cubicles" are split among 4 people and that work space can be crowded. The chairs were not comfortable - no head/neck support - and my foot rest was an old cardboard box that was leftover from a supply room. The office machines are breaking on a fairly regular basis and the kitchen/bathroom facilities can be a bit offensive. This just should not be the case in a company as large, and with as many resources, as RJ. Also, overtime was not always honored, many employees in Cust. Operations would work through lunch but would be questioned when putting that on their timesheets; as if our days were not managed properly and therefore because we could not manage our time, we should not get paid overtime. This was just my experience every once in a while, I didn't get this on a consistent basis, but it was enough to make me write this, obviously.

3.0
Oct 21, 2008
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Pros

physically nice workspace, EXCELLENT in-house Raymond James school for learning, good comraderie among employees. the in-house education was fantastic, during work hours, and helped one constantly keep abreast of the changes in the financial world.

Cons

no advancement beyond stated "levels" no matter how qualified you may be. no moving from Level 3 to Level 5 without first going through the hoops of Level 4, even if you clearly are capable and pick things up quicker than your peers.

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