For unambitious people - Retail Operations Specialist Vanguard Employee Review

1.0
May 26, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good insurance benefits and good retirement benefits. A great place to work if you're lazy, unambitious, or you want to be semi retired and pick up easy paychecks.

Cons

The company does not know how to put the right talent in the right places. They will stick people with no experience in the financial industry in high level finance places and will not promote the right people into the right positions. There is no clear career path, and trying to get to a position that's somewhat interesting will take many more years that at other firms. They severely underpay their employees

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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