11 Months of Waiting On Them - Anonymous employee Equitable Advisors Employee Review

1.0
10 Oct 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Seem like nice people, but really there are no pros. Worst hiring process I've ever seen.

Cons

Terrible communication skills. Don't give you all the information you need for taking the Series 7. Suggest unhelpful and even harmful ways of studying. Dragged my husband along for 11 months. What do single people do right out of college if they don't actually pay them anything until they pass the test? They drag this proccess out and string you along for way too long. How do they expect you to support yourself while you are waiting on them to process all your paperwork and get you a test date. This was the most frustrating hiring process I've ever seen.

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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.

1.0
26 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Complete freedom to build your book of business anmd schedule.

Cons

Horrendous place to start. Managers run their own practice and have little to no time to actually help you outside of your joint meetings so you're on your own. They only give you 2 options to get clients, cold calling or their retirement benefits group through schools. Basically the whole advising piece is to just to sell life insurance and annuities. The support staff is thin so you're kind of on your own with paperwork and compliance docs. They just genuinely offer you nothing. No help with covering costs (you pay for all your licensing and marketing materials), they even charge you for using the company laptop and fees for programs you will never use. They will mislead you about the commission payouts and you only really get something if you get them to buy an annuity or life insurance. If you also have a remaining balance of any fees when you leave, they will literally sending you threatening letters demanding the money and threaten you with claims court if you don't pay it back.

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