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      Vanguard

      Engaged Employer

      Vanguard reviews

      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (6,296 total reviews)

      Salim Ramji

      73% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Vanguard has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,296 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vanguard 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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      6K reviews
      4.0
      Dec 23, 2008

      Great starting company

      Fund financial associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It is a great place to start your career and get experience in financial industry. Excellent training program. Benefits used to be really good too, but I hear "the low cost provider" began saving on that aspect of the benefits as well.

      Cons

      Low pay. If you started working before 2004 you would get a very nice partnership (close to 30% of the base salary), but after 2004 company has reaised base a little bit and significantly decreased partnership units. Management "brainwashes" newcomers with the "best place to work" conastantly and refuse to hire former emplyees back, even if they left on good terms.

      1.0
      Dec 22, 2008

      Not for the young, ambitious, or talented!

      Client service associate - flagship
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Stable (never had corporate layoffs, probably never will), low stress, easy hours, good-to-great benefits, overtime pay for most employees. It is a good company in many ways; a solid, ethical company that is generally run very well, and is based on a brilliant business plan. I will continue to invest there.

      Cons

      Absolutely uninspiring place to work. Little opportunity for growth or advancement. Incompetent and unintelligent mid-level management. Stifling to those with any bit of ambition. Very low pay, rigid compensation guidelines so as to discourage jealousy or griping among employees (you know that what everyone else in your department makes is very similar to your pay). This is bad business - controlled competitiveness among employees allows room for talented employees to actually achieve.

      3.0
      Dec 16, 2008

      Great place for the first 3 years of your career path.

      Client service representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to start a career and learn the industry. Good benefits, though the costs have risen dramatically in the past couple years.

      Cons

      There's a ceiling for moving up within the company. Promotions are generally given either to external hires or to young employees who are relatively new to the company (less than 2 years with Vanguard).

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