Brean Capital Reviews

3.7

50% would recommend to a friend

(31 total reviews)

Alan Quasha

83% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Brean Capital has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 31 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brean Capital employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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31 reviews
1.0
24 Aug 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good location. Nice office and atmosphere. Commissioned employees are compensated fairly. Very good commitment to technology. The company does spend generously for their technology, and that commitment has been rewarded.

Cons

Salaried compensation is far below industry averages. Commissioned employees are compensated fairly, but existing salaried employees have not seen a single boost in pay since the companies inception. Bonuses are either meek or non existent. The result is huge turnover and an extremely low sense of gratification as an employee. The revolving door policy really says it all. Absolutely horrendous benefits. I'm not sure if it is due to their sub par pay or non existent pay raises, but there seems to be a higher than normal amount of incompetent employees.

1.0
13 Aug 2019

Clown Show

Recommend
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Pros

Not many that I can truthfully think of

Cons

Ownership has zero interest in providing support or understanding anything outside of their direct line of sight. The egos and personal insecurities of senior management prevent any real business from being done on a daily basis. People are more considered with posturing to ownership than bringing in revenue or adding value to the firm. Absolutely toxic culture in which every single employee walks around with their guard up, as backstabbing and scheming against colleagues is a daily occurrence. On top of that, technology and support is comically antiquated. There is no daily accounting for commissions, and you are not even sure what your monthly gross commissions are until the second week of the following month, and only then do you know what the traders "blessed" you with. Commissions are totaled by hand using an adding machine and then taped to a spreadhseet and scanned to you, if you are lucky, they give you the correct total. Overall complete disfunction from the top down. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to go to a different firm, because I will be genuinely shocked if Brean survives another 6 months with its current ownership.

3.0
15 Mar 2019

Financial Institutions Group

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Supportive of sales effort regarding visiting clients

Cons

Low base salary, low on resources

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