Great Growth Opportunity but difficult to make it if you're straight out of college - Financial Consultant Equitable Advisors Employee Review

4.0
14 Feb 2012
Recommend
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Pros

+flexibility, respect, opportunity for growth both personally and professionally + if you have a passion for helping people and building relationships then you'll enjoy this job. + friendly upper management, I had terrific manager to turn to if i had any questsions or concerns or needed help running meetings, some of them will make the extra effort to see you succeed + great team atmosphere and co-workers +great job for visonary entrepreneurs +great benefits

Cons

- compensation can be better considering the hard work you put in - if you're straight out of college, it will be hard to make it, trying to build your book of business, being so young, some prospective clients might be hesitant to trust you with their money. - Outdated computers! - plenty of fees to just get started - no TVs, CNBC or Bloomberg going on in the Edison office

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5.0
2 Apr 2026
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Pros

Compensation structure, product availability, brokerage system, overall tools, open structure to do best for your clients

Cons

Support staff are more hands off, not a lot of in house support staff members.

2.0
24 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Accessible stepping stone into the industry. Flexibility

Cons

Little transparency for employees, high pressure annuities and insurance sales with little real education or support on product or sales practice knowledge. Expect long hours while you learn to do recordkeeping and support work on your own while trying to meet goals that make sense for someone with a few years of prior experience, staff to help with paperwork and recordkeeping, and a decent lead funnel. You may not get any of these depending on branch and territory but you will still have a performance goal to keep your base pay and benefits that feels absurd to the new entrants they primarily target for recruitment.

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