Sold a bill of goods. Be very careful with the hype. - Financial Advisor Edward Jones Employee Review

1.0
10 Aug 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Paid training during the series 7 Occasional paid trips Certain level of control over your hours and breakdown of your day

Cons

The numbers they sell you upfront are fantasy. EXTREME nepotism. Sons and nieces of partners will be given many millions in assets, which is the ONLY way to make this work. Performance standards for anyone without connections and free clients are completely unrealistic. You will be used to generate leads for other brokers. The pay is terrible. 40% of commissions is very low compared to other firms. The PRODUCTS are awful. High commissions on trades is a complete conflict of interest. try a fee based model. You are pushed to sell the most expensive products.

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1.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Decent benefits programs. - Teammates who cared about the quality of work they provided and the people they worked with. - Direct superiors who were people of integrity that I respect immensely and wish nothing but the best for.

Cons

- Recent removal of remote work for all associates regardless of how long they had worked remotely previously (13 years in my case). This push to onsite work will damage long term profitability and likely cause a mass exodus of talented associates (if it has not already). - Massive amount of offshore outsourcing that has greatly reduced the quality of work at the home office. - Lack of flexibility regarding work schedules that has severely damaged work-life balance.

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