Its been a life changing experience that has helped me build a practice of my own with many advanced resources. - Anonymous employee Equitable Advisors Employee Review

5.0
May 15, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

+ No grid pay structure, same if you are a 50K producer or a 500K producer + Allows you to sell what's right for the client not what you can only sell them + Opportunities to move up in management + Great Benefits for long term investments + Marketing and Planning resources provided by branch and company + LPL and AXA working together, giving you independence with your investments and the big name of AXA behind you + Support in the Edison office from BMs, DMs, and Experienced Advisors

Cons

+ just like every other company, difficult to build a business, but just remember to prospect in many ways + Exams take time

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible and good company culture. Management invests in you.

Cons

You have to be self-motivated and consistently put in the effort to see results.

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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