Edward Jones reviews

I worked at Edward Jones for nearly 5 years, first as a contractor for a year, and then as a permanent associate for nearly another 4. Edward Jones was the best employer (by far) that I have been at. Even as a contractor, I never felt like an outsider in terms of how I was treated, often getting free Jones apparel and getting invites to be involved at company social events. During my time at Edward Jones, all of the leaders were incredibly supportive of my growth, working with me to explore possible future career advancements or career field changes. My team leaders, supervisors, and department leaders were all very helpful and supportive, and Jones was always very generous in terms of being supportive and encouraging of using time off, prioritizing personal life, being flexible with your schedule (within reason) as needed, and holding fun onsite events where we were able to travel onsite for fun corporate events at the main HQ in St. Louis. Team leaders were always encouraging everyone to use up all of their vacation time, especially as it got closer to the end of the year - they always encouraged us to use it and use all of it, which is often not common at other companies. At onsite events, they would feed us, take us to entertainment venues, and do all sorts of fun teambuilding activities both onsite and after hours. I owe a whole lot of my professional growth to the people at Edward Jones who were so supportive of me every step of the way. Everyone there is willing to help each other up and explore other departments; everyone there seems genuinely happy to be there (I know I was); and everybody is willing to help support you when you go through a rough patch. We all genuinely worked as a team and made sure that everybody had the assistance and coverage that was needed to get the job done and get it done well. Edward Jones has networking groups called Business Resource Groups, where you can further connect with people (including from different departments) based on interest; I was part of the Spanish BRG, and had a lot of fun keeping up with my Spanish in that group, and had the opportunity to connect with people from across the firm. A nice perk was their profit sharing done in the form of trimester bonuses; each trimester, we would receive a bonus based on a combination of the amount of profit Jones had made that trimester as well as our trimester performance review scores. Edward Jones was not only very supportive, but they frequently sought employee feedback (being very proud of consistently being listed on Forbes' list of best places to work in the US) and would at times implement decisions or changes based on feedback. They also were very consistently transparent, so we would generally have an idea of changes to come very early on. In some of the recent restructuring that has been happening, I was ultimately included among those that were laid off; that said, even the layoff was far more generous than anywhere else I've seen. They gave everybody who was laid off 2 months paid leave to continue applying internally (or apply elsewhere) to help prevent employment gaps, and also to ensure we would still be able to receive our trimester bonus before we departed; provided us with a generous severance payout that kicked in once the 2 months' leave was ended; and gave us career coaches and free LinkedIn premium accounts as part of our departure. It was overall bittersweet but happy for me when the time came as I have been looking into a career field outside of the realm of what Jones does, but I will always appreciate the growth I had and the connections I made while working there (and still love to wear and represent with all of my Edward Jones apparel I got during my time there), and still keep up with a lot of my coworkers and leaders.

The benefits and the flexibility of the company.