Sold out from the top down after Brennan left - Brokerage Associate Vanguard Employee Review

1.0
Jan 7, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Clean workplace Good location (Scottsdale) VU university is good for the most part (classes) Food (Galley) is OK for company food Bathrooms are clean (usually).

Cons

-Terribly mismanaged company after the old CEO left. -Diversity of sex, ethnicity take precedence over diligence in hiring decisions in all departments. -Highly attractive girls (not woman) get catered to in most departments by the male supervisors/managers that never had a date in college (empty-less suits as one Flagship client said). -No upward mobility unless you have a second face and drink kool-aid every meal and brainwash yourself. -Strong democratic/liberal political presence in all department management. -Goodluck paying your cost of living and having anything left over. -Maybe you can retire by the time your 90 even with Vanguards own calculations. -Anonymous surveys about employee satisfaction on a monitored PC is crazy.

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