Good place to retire from - Anonymous employee Vanguard Employee Review

3.0
Feb 15, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

10% of Salary to 401k, 4% more matching on the 401k. Pretty flexible with schedules.

Cons

There are definitely promotion 'quotas' that must be filled regarding minorties and women. We had a very bright guy leave the company because he wasn't promoted. Mgmt was baffled and kept saying if he could have just waited 6 more months. A manager actually admitted that everyone up to his principal was 100% behind him being promoted, but when it whent to corporate, they had to promote a certain % of minorities and women first and he fell below the line. Training is often lacking. Perception is far more important than reality. Bonus structure was radically changed drastically reducing from mid-level mngmt down. However, upper level bonus structure remained. Raises do not, in most cases, keep up with inflation.

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