Great potential but major grind - Financial Advisor Equitable Advisors Employee Review

3.0
18 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The autonomy and flexibility is awesome, paired with high earning potential. Pretty good training and mentoring opportunities, but the same opportunities aren't offered to all new advisors.

Cons

It was not clear that there is no real base salary, only an upfronting of commissions. Even that is low. Meanwhile, there is no flexibility or accommodations to be made if you can't hit the expected numbers, and if you don't hit said number at the end of a quarter, you'll be out of a job. It's perform or don't work here. Be prepared to make cold calls.

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5.0
2 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Compensation structure, product availability, brokerage system, overall tools, open structure to do best for your clients

Cons

Support staff are more hands off, not a lot of in house support staff members.

4.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Solid place to start. Learn a ton about wealth management industry, sandbox for development. In Pittsburgh in particular EVP is excellent.

Cons

Managers are not created equal. This has a big impact on your development. Sometimes feel like prospecting tactics are from the 80s.

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