Pros
-Financial Industry with a moderate amount of useful skills- -Lots of great personal knowledge (when in the right departments)- -Strong investment philosophy that has stood the test of time and the rest of the industry is starting to see the light- -High Job Security- -Solid retirement benefits 4% match after 1 year fully vested, 10% employer contribution with 2-6 year annual 20% vest- -Recent Graduate environment- -Great people on your personal teams- -Your manager (TL) will make/break your experience, thankfully I have been lucky- -Have the opportunity to really help people out with the right situation, but you being willing to put the client before your own metrics- -Employee feedback has improved since NWOW
Cons
-EXTREMELY metrics-driven, as someone who truly wants to help clients and enjoys speaking with clients (when they are not complaining which is ~10%, the other 90% are great) the metrics are extremely constraining on how much you can do for clients. There is minimal to no emphasis on actually making a difference in someone's financial future (at least for self-managed clients), and it is all about having yours 'numbers' meet expectations, and NWOW has only made it worse. - -Cross-Department communication is non-existent, changes will occasionally be communicated with you, it is primarily up to you to notice by email (which you are granted no time to check and your metrics are extremely restrictive to allow for time)- -Calls are nearly always back to back, not getting a call the second you hit "auto in" will be shocking if you are ever lucky enough to experience this- -Promotions are fairly sparse and candidates chosen are largely based on an over-emphasized 30 minute interview with 3-4 questions requiring "star" format answers, rather than job performance, talent level, qualifications, and ambition- -Outdated Systems-