good place to start a career, toxic environments if not in tech - Investigator FINRA Employee Review

3.0
Dec 19, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

I worked in the Office of Fraud Detection and Market Intelligence for several years and have spoken with many employees in many departments. Here is my analysis of my time there: - good place to launch a financial career - reasonable work hours - work exposes you to the broker-dealer industry and is a great way to learn - solid benefits. remote working available after 1 year.

Cons

- toxic culture that starts at the top and trickles down. management gaslights you into believing it's a "relaxed" place to work and it seems that way, but it's a frat house environment. There are a lot of big and fragile egos there. - toxic environment seems to extend throughout most of the financial (member reg, ofdmi, etc.) groups. Tech seems okay. - management has no accountability. They can and will blame every mistake on the investigator. - minimal room for growth and upward mobility - to succeed you must "play the game", become buddy-buddy with the bosses, worship the ground they walk on, and become a peon. There is no room for dissent. So either keep your head down or fall in line. - pay well below industry standards

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FINRA Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We’re glad you found FINRA to be a good place to launch your career. We are in the midst of transforming our Examination and Risk Monitoring program, which includes the Office of Fraud Detection and Market Intelligence, to make it more effective and efficient, relying heavily on feedback from current and former employees as well as member firms and other stakeholders. We believe the changes we are making will mitigate or eliminate the concerns you mention, among many other improvements. Regardless, if you wish to share more information on your situation, you can email us at glassdoor@finra.org

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