Is Stifel Financial a good company to work for?

Stifel Financial has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 1,088 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 56% of employees would recommend working at Stifel Financial to a friend and 57% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Stifel Financial have been left by employees working as Intern , Associate and Investment Banking Summer Analyst .

Does Stifel Financial pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Stifel Financial employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Stifel Financial. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Stifel Financial?

56% of Stifel Financial employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Stifel Financial 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Stifel Financial?

Investment Banking Analyst (57) , Analyst (56) , Intern (51) , Client Service Associate (32) , Financial Advisor (29) , Associate (26) , Operations Associate (20) , Investment Banking Summer Analyst (19) , Registered Client Service Associate (17) , Vice President (16) , Managing Director (12) , Director (10) , Equity Research Associate (10) , Summer Analyst (10) , Compliance Analyst (9)

What are the pros of working at Stifel Financial according to real employee reviews?

"The people in my department were great to work with as well as surrounding departments." ((in 108 reviews)); "Not stressful; good work life balance" ((in 38 reviews)); "Great exposure across different teams" ((in 17 reviews)); "I work in a branch and I am lucky to have a lot of great coworkers." ((in 15 reviews)); "Learned a lot and met great people" ((in 13 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Stifel Financial according to real employee reviews?

"Poor benefits" ((in 43 reviews)); "who have no training and no knowledge of leadership nor management not EEOC rules." ((in 20 reviews)); "long hours (not as long as in bulge brackets)" ((in 18 reviews)); "They have also abruptly taken away any work from home opportunities from what I am hearing." ((in 13 reviews)); "I had 2 managers over 6 years & they were both terrible." ((in 13 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Stifel Financial locations?

Saint Louis , New York , San Francisco , Baltimore , Chicago , Birmingham , Los Angeles , Houston , Dallas , Denver , Detroit , Garden City , Phoenix , Washington , Pittsburgh , Boston , Madison , Mequon , Sheridan , Saint Paul , Cincinnati , San Juan Capistrano , Colorado Springs , Conshohocken , Atlanta , Florham Park , Jersey City , Boise , Peoria , Waterloo

Stifel Financial reviews

3.7

56% would recommend to a friend

(889 total reviews)

Ronald J. Kruszewski

67% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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Ratings trend for the last 6 months (889 reviews)

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Stifel Financial has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 889 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Stifel Financial employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

889 reviews

3.0

Mar 21, 2026

Pay

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Pay and felt there were good opportunities

Cons

Menial tasks and lack of team bonding

1.0

Feb 22, 2026

It’s pronounced “Stifle”

Equity research analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some good people that mean well, are caring and good at their jobs, especially within ER US. deep access to US capital market that comes with being US based, somehow not the worst thing for your CV.

Cons

Strategy from group down, and specifically in Europe is nonsensical and also changes every 6 months. management keeps buying low quality businesses and putting low energy bankers on multi year earn outs they cant achieve, culture of rewarding loyalty over competence, clearly have no clue what drives revenues. Variable is poor, and in spite of being low is also subject to a clawback, limited equity participation and on a 5 year vesting schedule. Extreme bureaucracy for a relatively small bank, there is no real culture or identity.

2.0

Nov 14, 2025

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Investment banking analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Global organization Comprehensive training received

Cons

Pay discrepancies within teams No meritocrac

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Jobs at Stifel Financial

Client Service Associate

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