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3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,017 total reviews)

Salim Ramji

76% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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2.0
Jul 2, 2025

So disappointed

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Pros

Salary and benefits were great.

Cons

I was let go during a division-wide restructuring. Because I wasn't completely vested in the Vanguard Retirement Savings Program I lost a large amount of money through no fault of my own. Also, even if you were working during the previous partnership year, you had to be employed on Partnership Day so that bonus was gone as well. I had wanted to work at Vanguard for years because of the culture and benefits, but the reality was so disappointing. Managers in my division are deeply incompetent and I was astonished that despite their incompetence they are still employed there. Even if a role was available I would not return to Vanguard.

5.0
Jul 2, 2025

Good company

Recommend
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Pros

Good people, good wlb, good culture

Cons

Nothing that i can think of. Maybe low salary?

3.0
Jul 1, 2025

Mixed Experience - Decent Pay, Lots of Micromanagement

Anonymous employee
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Pros

•Pay & Benefits: the base salary is very competitive, and employees are eligible for both year-end bonus and a mid-year Partnership bonus •Leadership: a number of good role models in the leadership ranks - humble, honest and approachable Principals/Senior Managers

Cons

•Group-think: This will be very dependent on the team you’re in, but in my experience, there is a pervasive group-think mentality and a tendency to rally around popular team members at the expense of hearing views across the board. This stifles innovation & progress and promotes the status quo. •Silos: a lot of people tend to have a “that’s not my job attitude” which hinders cross-functional collaboration and results in organizational knowledge gaps. Going above and beyond is not always rewarded, so many of us are asked to just “color inside of the lines” •Micromanagement: this will likely vary depending based on your seniority, but I found the constant micromanagement quite frustrating in my role, with my manager’s rigid expectations on how things should be done with no room for deviation for a given workflow (“my way or the highway” thinking). This was presented to me as well-meaning feedback, but turned out to be an endless stream of criticism and negative remarks.

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