Is Vanguard a good company to work for?

Vanguard has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 6,995 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at Vanguard to a friend and 66% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Vanguard have been left by employees working as Application-Engineer , Software Developer I and Applications Engineer .

Does Vanguard pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Vanguard employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Vanguard. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Vanguard?

69% of Vanguard employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Vanguard 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Vanguard?

Client Relationship Associate (339) , Client Service Representative (184) , Financial Advisor (155) , Client Relationship Specialist (141) , Project Manager (95) , Manager (92) , Client Service Associate (84) , Software Engineer (82) , Customer Service Representative (69) , Software Developer (68) , Analyst (65) , Brokerage Associate (63) , Processing Associate (58) , Brokerage Investment Professional (49) , Retirement Specialist (47)

What are the pros of working at Vanguard according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits for medical vison and dental" ((in 1052 reviews)); "I’ve always felt supported by my managers and they’ve all encouraged a good work/life balance." ((in 576 reviews)); "It has a laid back atmosphere and the people that I work with are great." ((in 509 reviews)); "Great culture and ethics" ((in 384 reviews)); "Licenses and training is good" ((in 147 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Vanguard according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low for simular roles elsewhere and they try to sell you on how the market is to get a bonus." ((in 570 reviews)); "The only downside is the low salary and it is harder to move up the ladder." ((in 245 reviews)); "Managers have no choice but to drink the koolaid and play along or they are gone." ((in 150 reviews)); "Crew engagement is spiraling out of control and senior leadership seems to be apathetic with understanding why." ((in 85 reviews)); "At times there is a disconnect between upper management and mid to senior level views." ((in 76 reviews))

What are employees saying about Vanguard layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Vanguard layoffs and their outlook for job security at Vanguard in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Vanguard locations?

Malvern , Scottsdale , Charlotte , Philadelphia , Phoenix , Valley Forge , Wayne , Dallas , Plano , New York , King of Prussia , Newtown Square , Paoli , Chicago , West Chester , Phila , Norfolk , Malverne , Washington , Houston , San Francisco , Colorado Springs , Denver , Devon , Penn , Pittsburgh , Boston , Atlanta , Brooklyn , Austin

Vanguard reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(6,304 total reviews)

Salim Ramji

76% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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Vanguard has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,304 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vanguard employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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6K reviews

1.0

Mar 29, 2024

I don't believe they treat everyone fairly. No career growth

Software engineer

Recommend

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Pros

I don't see any value in working for this company

Cons

- I don't believe they treat everyone fairly and give equal opportunity. - They talk about diversity, equity and inclusion during the hiring process, but I don't believe they apply within a team. - If you have any career aspirations, I will not recommend this company - If you talk about career growth, they will try to find a reason to corner you - Lot of managers sit in same role for several years and create a dependency. So that new comers can't survive. - Managers lack technical, domain, and management knowledge. Thus, they will put all the responsibilities on team and blame the tech lead. - There is no value for tech lead role. Manager will take all the decision and blame tech lead when the problem comes. - I don't believe they know the difference between software engineering and programming language.

1.0

Mar 6, 2022

severely underpaid, extrme work load, on top of that no remote work option

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

extremely low pay compared to peers and ridiculously high work load. On top of that, now the rich club not-self-made CEO is forcing everyone to come back to office (some 3 days a week and many all 5 days In short, you are supposed to work extrmely hard for way less pay than the peers and now add commute time to your schedule and away for family even more. Employees are leaving Vanguard left, right and center to avoid work from office. The CEO doesn't listen to anyone and the managers are spineless puppets. Don't join Vanguard ever no matter what your career stage is.

Cons

CEO, spineless managers, low salaries, heavy work load, forcing employees to come back to office.

2.0

Nov 25, 2021

Don't Let Them Gaslight You

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

401(k) is hard to beat HSA is pretty generous and is about to get better with the match Decent amount of PTO (but there's a catch) Work-Life Balance. If you're not in a salaried role, you do get to hang it up once you're done for the day.

Cons

The pay. You will make on average about $10K less than doing the same role elsewhere. You're told that the benefits make up for the lower pay despite the fact that they tried to take away the retirees' healthcare from them with only a day's notice. Technology. Website, internal systems, phones, etc. will go down frequently and cause a surge in calls, emails, etc. Clients will contact you saying over and over certain parts of the website don't work for them and all you can do is tell them to try a different browser. Remote opportunities. You're told that you "have" to be back in the office for a variety of reasons such as "regulations" and "it's good for networking and career growth." Meanwhile our competitors are offering fully remote positions or more generous hybrid models. No sick leave. Feeling bad and need to call out? Had an emergency? Unfortunate, but there's no sick leave (unless you're in AZ where it's a state law). It's coming out of your PTO bank, and it's gonna be an "occurrence." Better not get too many of those.

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