Financial Advisor - Financial Advisor Edward Jones Employee Review

I truly believe EJ is a great place to work, as long as you pick the right region. Unfortunately, you won't figure that out until later. Door Knocking is the answer to every problem, however they know it doesn't work well in bigger cities (home office has stated this to me directly) and they don't help coach on alternate methods. I didn't come into this expecting any assets to be given to me, however when you see assets being given out more based on popularity rather than effort or experience it can be demoralizing. It's not a level playing field. When things are going well, no one acknowledges it, however if you are having a bad month you are talked down to and belittled. Training within the region is poor. Other FAs "volunteer" to train you (it helps them get points for partnership in the future) but most have no real desire to do it. They have no formal training on how to train others and most, definitely should not be training others. The only true way to succeed is to be given assets or to have an affluent personal network of friends and family that will bring their money to you. Benefits aren't very good. Medical is VERY expensive for a mediocre plan. Employees should have free accounts. We are charged annual fees for our own IRAs where other firms waive fees for employee relationships.