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Cetera Financial Group

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Cetera Financial Group reviews

3.0

37% would recommend to a friend

(371 total reviews)
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Mike Durbin

45% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Cetera Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 371 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cetera Financial Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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371 reviews
1.0
Jan 16, 2016

Sr. Analyst

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great team dynamics, flexible w work/life balance, experienced career growth.

Cons

Too many to list. Executives need to dump the ones w egos and the deadweight. Reporting structures for shared services doesn't work well with different platforms, expectations and defensive personalities. Lots of dead weight middle mgmt and the others overcompensate for them in order to keep it moving forward.

2.0
May 27, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefit package. Some good people still remain in spite of all the problems.

Cons

No vision. No planning. Dysfunctional. The company has a culture that turns people into submissive workers who will say yes to management orders even when they know they shouldn't. Years of mismanagement are evident in many areas. There are some many CYA-type of processes the incompetent managers created and they still strongly believe in them.

1.0
Mar 10, 2015

Avoid this company at all costs. You do not want to work here.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They say they are leaders in technology. They say they care about employees. Other than that I can't think of a single thing.

Cons

Will task you with huge projects and expect you to work tons of overtime (salaried, so no payback). You expect you'll be recognized during your review, but no. They don't care one bit. You should be happy to donate your time. Your review will be nit-picked and you'll get cost of living. They don't reward hard work, they reward their favorites. This is a complaint I hear from every department. The way tasks are assigned goes like this: "How much do you know about this subject?" "Next to nothing." "Good! You're our new expert!" Then they are surprised when it's not rolled out the exact best way possible. Even when you've been pushing for a new system for years, they finally implement it, and your boss will take all the credit. The company brags about being a leader in technology, but they're so far behind it's laughable. I was dinged on my previous reviews for not have a specific knowledge, I asked repeatedly for training on the subject. Denied. Then I get dinged for it on my next review. No on the job training, no formal training. You should just know how to learn things on your own. You'll even get things from two or more years ago brought up on your review. Even though it's never happened again (and wasn't my fault to start with). Be prepared to be stressed all the time, and get spit in your face during review time. Run, don't walk, run from this company.

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