FINRA reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(931 total reviews)
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Robert W. Cook

64% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

FINRA has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 931 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FINRA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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931 reviews
3.0
Jun 4, 2014

Some good and some bad

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good opportunity for growth, great benefits, decent pay, great opportunity to interact with other regulators.

Cons

Management can set the tone for the entire department which can be negative, HR does not support the staff, can be very cliquey, and easy to hit ceiling in your department.

1.0
May 23, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

stability, benefits (although they are decreasing due to bad managment and stingy management only interested in themselves).

Cons

Management (especially upper level) is only interested in their bonuses and don't care about what you contribute to the company or what your opinon of the company is, frankly (prove me wrong FINRA--I beg you). 360 degree reviews have been suggested by the workforce for SOME time now (like years, possibly a decade) and NEVER approved by management because, why??? I don't know but I can make some pretty fact-based conclusions. Outside applicants are ALWAYS seen as worth more than internal candidates (grass is ALWAYS greener). Management doesn't know how to lead and upper management doesn't care as long as the are "subject-matter" experts. How about some training on how to manage people for managers--oh, I forgot--you tried that one time and then decided it cost too much and, to boot, you didn't give the trainees (that you were allegedly training for managment positions in FINRA so you didn't loose them in the marketplace) that completed the program ANY additional responsibility or possiblities for advancement! FINRA is LUCKY that they were given the "monopoly" that they were over the regulation of stock markets and broker-dealers. So, they essentially have a corner on the market in that respect (I've actually heard senior level managers brag about this) and don't have to "earn" their stripes as any commerical entitiy would have to do.

2.0
May 21, 2014

The review are correct

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Money, many good hard working people

Cons

Too many in management trying to keep you from working

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