Vantaggi
For those looking for a career and not a job, this is the place. It is a very rewarding career because you feel meaningful and relevant in your client's lives. Every day you are helping clients solidify their financial household by helping them retire, sending their kids to college, and helping them during tough times in their life. High performing people can make an above average income of $100,000+ and the best advisors make multiples of that. Co-workers are great and extremely helpful. The management team is caring and work more like your partner than a manager. For new advisors training is consistent and very helpful in launching your practice. Benefits are great compared to other companies, and I know the benefits are great because we work with benefit programs from our clients and other companies that we work with. There is no comparison. Also you are able to work flexible hours.
Svantaggi
Early on it can be a lot of hours in the first few years. However you are able to have a flexible schedule which helps in maintaining your personal life. As your practice evolves the hours become much less though. Some experienced advisors truly work a part time schedule once their practice is built. If you are not licensed already, you need to become licensed to work in the financial industry. AXA sponsors you and helps you prepare for the necessary exams. If you are committed to the studying process, it should only take 45-60 days. Those 45-60 days are a small price to pay compared to other professional fields like becoming a doctor or an attorney, which require multiple years of schooling and similar exams to enter into their fields.