GTFO - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Vanguard

2,0
28 lug 2019
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

1. Some good people. 2. Reasonable work hours. 3. Decent benefits, including generous 401k match. 4. Paid for obtaining licenses (required for roles and optional, such as CFP/CFA/MBA).

Svantaggi

1. Cult-like approach to management. If you don’t fit into the exact mold of what the company is looking for, you won’t progress in your career. Nobody will tell you this, despite management supposedly being told to “Be Candid” as part of their expectations. 2. Low pay compared to competitors, but even worse if you’re a tenured employee. Raises are between 0-2%, maybe higher if you are below the lowest pay band. Supposedly, it’s pay for performance, but that’s not the case if you are in the mid- or high-bands. If your manager successfully lobbies for you to receive a “Distinguished” rating (which is 1-2 people per department), you get the lion’s share of raise and bonus, but both are still a laughable 6-8%. You can bust your butt all year and be lumped in as “Fully Successful” just like 99% of your peer group, most of whom might make zero effort. Get it? The incentive is simply to be a minuscule amount better than the worst peer. Why would anyone make any effort? 3. People are promoted based on networking, advocacy, and who the hiring manager likes. Oh, they will interview you so as to not get in trouble with HR, but there is often a chosen person or two already lined up for nearly every position. Your performance, your experiences, your skills come second to who the hiring manager wants on their team. It’s a popularity contest. If you come from one of the speciality hire groups, like VADP or MBA, you are fast tracked to various roles, regardless of how terrible you are at your current job. 4. Huge difference in how the retail and institutional sides of the business work. RIG recycles the same old managers through a “rotation” system that allows them to not actually hold crew accountable and then get promoted or move on and then someone else comes in to clean up. IIG is the Wild West that is allowed to do what they want. 5. Why am I still here?!?

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5,0
26 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Great starting pay Great management

Svantaggi

There is none that I can think of

3,0
3 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Awesome coworkers for young professionals. Paid licensing for a few months.

Svantaggi

Micromanagement is out of control. Incompetent team leaders who are obsessed with power and metrics. Back to back calls, limited support, and nearly impossible effective communication between departments. Zero time to cultivate culture because you are taking calls every second of the day except for 30min/1hr lunch and two 15 minute breaks. You’re locked into your role for over a year (apprenticeship for around 60 days, then a year after promotion to associate) and your team leaders will not approve internal applications unless you are “eligible”.

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