Vanguard reviews

There is nothing to learn here and the pay is quite poor, intentionally poor to keep the plebes desperate. People are not put into place because of job performance or knowledge, as everything at VG is in the name of the opposite i.e. weakness and fealty are "leadership". There is no room for any real leaders within VG. Shared weakness and shared ignorance are virtues. It is more important to be brown and/or pee sitting down than anything else. There is ZERO financial incentive to excel. You will NEVER make a base of even 60k at this dump and many in "management" work second jobs, clip coupons, and purchase second hand clothes. This is a fine place to get licensed and leave, or if you are a retired school teacher or burnt out insurance salesperson to continue your life of dull mediocrity.

The job is brutal with very few promotion opportunities, it causes stagnation among the masses who are forced to accept mediocre pay and if your not careful a mediocre long-term career. The people you talk to on the phone are hostile, uneducated, and have no understanding of financial markets. Most of your time is spent learning a proprietary CRM system which is not used by any other finance companies so you will not have any transferable skills if seeking employment outside of vanguard. Lack of communication between Senior management and lower level employees is intentional and designed to keep people uniformed and lulled into a false sense of reality. My recommendation - if you are comfortable making between 30-60k for your entire career, enjoy making "lateral" moves within the organization for no increase in pay, then Vanguard would be a good fit. If you are a driven person and ended up at Vanguard, don't quit immediately! Ride it out for 2 years, get your CFA level 1 and 2 out of the way or get a 680+ on the GMAT and go to a top business school.