Kestra Financial reviews

The corporate culture here strongly rewards blind loyalty over actual results and performance. If you value your time, self-respect, and real opportunities for professional growth, this may not be the right place for you. Many of the positive reviews appear to have been submitted under pressure from management. They tend to be vague and generic ("great team," "keep up the good work"). In contrast, the negative reviews consistently describe the same serious issues, with details that are too specific and repetitive to be fabricated. Key concerns include: 1. Lack of proper onboarding and training. 2. Outdated technologies and processes (with only a few minor exceptions). 3. Middle management that blindly follows directives from above without understanding or being able to explain the "why" to their teams. 4. Extremely rigid office policy: 4 days in the office per week with very limited remote flexibility. Working from home is generally not allowed even if you're sick or need to visit family in another city for a couple of weeks. 5. On top of that, the company uses ActivTrak software to monitor employee activity. This, combined with the strict in-office requirements, creates a toxic micromanagement environment - your manager (and the software) decide whether you're being "productive," regardless of your actual output or results. Overall, the combination of these factors creates a frustrating environment for anyone who wants autonomy and trust in how they deliver their work.

Please know that employees are actively being solicited to write a positive Glassdoor review by senior leadership, with a paced cadence so that they can tell when each department is or isn’t sending in their reviews. You may see a couple 4-5 star reviews pop up - I noticed the most recent five star review mentions how ActivTrak was installed to “preserve a Friday work from home day.” The translation on this is: we use ActivTrak as an excuse to make HR relevant. Does that sound like a review a sincere human being would write? Kestra can give any work from home days it wants. It chooses not to, and that’s fine. Please do not work here if you do not have to. Things like this are what the executive staff are focused on - not serving advisors , growing the business, or allowing the employee experience to breathe - but instead taking the shortcut to make a mess go away. A 2.2 star average is one of the lowest I’ve seen on Glassdoor for the volume of reviews Kestra has.