You don’t want to work here! - Associate Cresset Employee Review

1.0
9 Oct 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some of the people were great, especially the employees from acquired firms.

Cons

Too many cons to list. Terrible management, extremely disorganized, finger pointing, unprofessional and disrespectful leaders, everything and I mean everything is an urgent fire drill so you’ll never know what’s a priority, your manager may deny your “unlimited” PTO whenever they are going to be out of office, you’ll get emails and phone calls/texts at all times of day including on the weekends, and those that respond and work 24/7 get praise over those that aren’t willing to. Definitely do not recommend working here as they will also mislead you in the hiring process just to get you in the door and then completely change your job description on you after start date.

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5.0
5 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fast paced culture at a rapidly growing company. Excellent benefits and great place to work. Size has created great investment opportunities.

Cons

Many advisors have clients of very different AUM levels.

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2.0
24 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

In the beginning, when the company was still new and relatively small, it had great benefits and seemed to care about development. The hybrid policy was great and most of the people were amazing to work with.

Cons

The don’t actually have a real HR team. There’s an attempt at “development” but wit recent new leadership and an attempt to maximize shareholder value, there are layoffs and cuts disguised as PIPs- that come out of nowhere. With no action items listed to improve. A strange place to work, to say the least. Most people feel on edge and stressed. The espouse “amazing culture” and yet everyone lives in the dark about what’s happening. If you want a future as an advisor there, prepare to find and source your own clients. And prepare to be fired if you don’t.

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