Non-VADP - Anonymous employee Vanguard Employee Review

1.0
Apr 24, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A lot of the people you'll meet (if you start on the phone and immerse yourself in the community) will become some of the best friends you'll ever meet and you'll get a whole lot more out of the relationships you build there than the company will ever give back to you in financial compensation.

Cons

The commute to Malvern. Low wages. Overall lack of respect for anyone with a personality. If you aren't in VADP you don't stand a chance of making a livable wage that can pay for a down payment on a house, graduate school (and yes, the 9k they give for your MBA will mean you have to take classes over 4 years since MBAs are so expensive), the mundane/brainless work, the horrible politics, the implicit racism throughout the firm, "old boys" mentality still rules..

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