FINRA reviews

If you have any self respect, just don’t do it. I’m not sure why some of the other posts are about great work life balance because I was either in the office, on the road or at an airport waiting for a plane. Home was something of a myth. There is a reason the examiner position is permanently posted online. It’s one BIG revolving door. I could not believe how many examiners had worked there less then a year. They tell you minimal travel in your interviews then you find yourself living on the road not remembering the last hotel you stayed in or what city or town you are in. The pay is no where near where it should be for all the divorces and fractured relationships it causes. If the recruiter tells you about the big year end bonus, what ever numbers he tells you just cut it in half. Honestly, I felt like I was a trucker and being paid like one. Puts lots of stress on any relationships. Senior leadership/directors (in the LA office) is a text book example of individuals being promoted based on tenure and not on skill set or competency. -If you are a single individual that has cats at home with no other human relationships this might be for you. (Majority of co-workers fit this profile) -If your life aspirations are to audit financial offices and write a lengthy (And I mean LENGTHY) review and then have it criticed by a manager who will pick it apart then this might be for you. -If you like having NO Job autonomy this might be for you. -If you enjoy being micromanaged to a point where you can’t breath with out permission then this might be for you. -If you like working long hours (50-60 Hour weeks) and not being paid overtime this job might be for you. The co-workers at FINRA are nice, but the majority of them have almost no personality. I guess that goes with the audit space. I wish I would have read the reviews before I took this job. I will never get those two years back on my life.

Over burdening scheduling of exams. Many people need to do work during non business hours to catch up, without getting compensated for it. The work is never "done". It's similar to a post office or an assembly line where the work keeps coming, no matter how many jobs you have yet to "complete". Many times you go into an exam with no knowledge of the review areas, except for reading a few pages of "guidance", which at times can put you in embarrassing situations. For the amount of work, responsibilities and stress, the salary is not even close to competitive to the street. Some Directors extend exams for their own personal gain, at the expense of the exam staff.