Be careful what you wish for - Financial Advisor Edward Jones Employee Review

2.0
14 Aug 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Paid training and base salary (albeit declining) during the first five years, good benefits package, some colleagues offered support and mentoring.

Cons

It's a horribly outdated business model: cold door knocking. No one, much less in a professional career, attracts clients this way. You don't get any leads or accounts to work with, but no one tells you this during the recruiting and onboarding process - I only found out at KYC training. IF you are assigned an office (there is no guarantee - you might be working out of your home), it's a one-person shop, so no colleagues to work with. Some senior FAs are very condescending.

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5.0
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Pros

Training, Leadership, Education, Travel, and Growth

Cons

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1.0
3 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Had a 100 year successful legacy business model - Financial advisors and staff in field branches have pockets of good cultures

Cons

- Home office culture is horrible and getting worse (cronyism, poor leadership, lack of care/focus for associates) - Regressive HR policies - Senior leaders are disconnected from reality - Consultants running amok - Poor pay and even poorer benefits (unless you are a partner) - Technology introductions and org changes have been botched time and time again - Company is way off course to achieve its long term goals

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