Vantaggi
Good way to break into the industry with no experience. They prepare you very well for the series 7 and offer decent field training if you are in the right region.
Svantaggi
Working at Edward Jones is like being in an abusive relationship. They mostly only hire people with no experience and completely new to the industry. Then the abuse starts. They compare you to other Fa's in the region who took over huge offices. If you aren't grossing well over the "exceeding" standards they say you aren't door knocking enough and you need to try harder. After awhile you start getting tired and discouraged. You see other new FA's leaving left and right. They literally do skits at meetings portraying the evils of other top financial services companies. They tell you that you can't get any better and if you ever leave you'll regret it. My husband and family begged me to quit. But I was so caught up in the "culture" that I was convinced that no where else would be better. I finally went independent with 3 others from Edward Jones. We are all much much happier. Get started at Edward Jones. Get trained and do the mandatory 3 years there so you don't owe them anything for your training. Then run for your life.