Pros
I never write reviews, but I felt compelled to after what I experienced. I got an FPA internship because I thought I wanted to be a financial advisor. The entire internship was just making cold calls for the Agency Recruiting Manager, to work on phone skills, which is important for the job but I learned nothing. After 4000 calls you know how to talk on the phone, but this wasn't my biggest issue Fast forward to the next year, I was on the fence about being an Advisor but I got my securities licenses and started out, realized this is not what I wanted to do, the position just wasn't the right fit, there was nothing wrong with it. This is where I ran into problems. Prudential is all about "retaining top talent"... I had great relationships with every manager in my office and knew just about every other advisor in both locations in the state. Its a big company with many different business areas, I was looking into corporate finance and thought I would have no problem switching, especially already working for the company and having a ton of internal references. I was dead wrong. Everywhere I turned I was hung out to dry. I was told I couldn't get into the Finance Leadership Development Program rotational because I just graduated and wasn't a 2017 grad any more. Fixed income rotational same story. Fine, I emailed countless recruiters and hiring managers for positions I applied for internally, the emails were very short and professional, barely any emailed me back. I did everything I could to stay internal but after all this I was forced to leave. I came in expecting to stay at the company for a long time, it was one of my top choices and a company I admired. I had no problems at all with my office and liked all of my managers very much, I just feel betrayed by the rest of the company for not helping someone at all who had a lot of potential, especially when they are supposedly "focused on retaining top talent" and "have many opportunities to grow within the company".
Cons
Apparently very difficult to move internally