Pay structure is questionable - Client Service Associate Vanguard Employee Review

3.0
Mar 20, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Fine way to get into the financial services industry if you're out of college or in a part of your career where you could retire but would mind getting paid to stay busy. Location is nice, pleasant. Overall I enjoyed my short stay there, which would have been longer if not for the...

Cons

Pay. This position made me come to the conclusion that the financial services industry doesn't necessarily pay as well as one might think unless you have an MBA, and even then there's no guarantee. I was surrounded by MBAs who made as much (or as little) as I did and I was a non-MBA.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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