Trajan Wealth Reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(29 total reviews)
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Jeff Junior

50% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Trajan Wealth has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Trajan Wealth employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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29 reviews
3.0
17 Jan 2023

Great colleagues, company needs work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The majority of my colleagues were an absolute joy to work with. They are hard working and team players through and through. The client services team, client development team, and the portfolio management team are truly what are keeping this company afloat. The health insurance is paid for by Trajan Wealth, but there is a limit on which plans are FULLY covered. They also offer a 401k plan and pension.

Cons

The management at Trajan Wealth needs to be evaluated. I cannot provide specific examples without compromising my anonymity. What I can say is that when problems are brought to the attention of management, they are not addressed in a timely manner or escalated to the proper channels. When employees discuss the problems and possible solutions as a group to bring to management, this is viewed as gossip and disparaging the company. This occurs across multiple departments. Trajan Wealth also operates heavily on metrics and tries to quantify customer service which is very difficult, if not impossible, to do. They have expanded the company too quickly and taken on too many advisors for the current staff to maintain a reasonable workload. There is very little room for advancement unless you start at entry level and whatever advancement is available is very difficult to obtain. The majority of management, in my opinion, are not leaders. When employees are overwhelmed with the workload that the company is responsible for, supervisors do very little to assist. The turnover rate at Trajan Wealth is higher than they report. In the approximately 3 years of my employment I recall at least 37 employees that were terminated or left on their own accord and it is a company with 100-150 employees.

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Trajan Wealth Response
3y
With as much growth as we are experiencing, there are certainly challenges that are faced regularly. What those challenges are, is a matter of perspective and context. Great people are proactive, innovative, seek solutions, and appreciate being busy - it's those who will experience advancement. There are a few others like yourself, who squander their time with water cooler chatter, negative talk and gossip. Individuals who make excuses and attempt to compromise the integrity of the company won't advance and will be terminated, like you. If solutions were truly what you were after, anonymity would be the least of your concerns not your primary. You weren't employed for 3 years, less than 2 actually. Our turnover averages about 17% per year which is less than industry average. With some self reflection and a lot of maturity, you have the potential to be a valuable member of a different company some day. Until then, we wish you nothing but the best.
1.0
1 Oct 2023

Avoid this Company

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Pros

Location, friendly co-workers, and hours

Cons

Client service is horrible, annuities are pushed on all clients, once you're invested you are forgotten.

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Trajan Wealth Response
2y
Our Client Services team is one of the hardest working teams in the building, to say otherwise is disingenuous. Annuities account for approximately 25% of our business in any given year - this was true well before you joined and I'd imagine will be true going forward - that fact is not hidden and nothing is ever "pushed". Our production numbers are cascaded to all employees monthly. Our Portfolio Managers are some of the best in the business and never forget about our clients - communication is coordinated at client on boarding, whether quarterly, annually or somewhere in the middle. Best of luck to you.
2.0
9 May 2022

Dont Do It

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Pros

The salary was great. I loved what I did and I enjoyed my team. I also enjoyed most of my coworkers. The Owners always went out of their way to uplift and thank their employees. Office is beautiful.

Cons

Male vs Female, Fox News always on the monitor, I have never experienced a co that had SO much turn around in a short amount of time. Dishonest and bullying

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Trajan Wealth Response
4y
Before you can be honest with others, you have to be honest with yourself. Unfortunately, under the cloak of anonymity there is even less accountability for you or the company to take any appropriate action. We have numerous TV’s surrounding the entire perimeter of the office and hundreds of monitors. I took a walk and literally none of the TV’s currently air Fox news. One, just one, is currently airing Newsmax (which isn’t a co requirement). Employees have the ability to change the station as the remote is made available and in plain sight. All of the remaining monitors and screens have market commentary, market news, market feeds and performance reporting. This is made available so employees understand company metrics and to keep up to date on the daily market activity. You had the option to change the channel without pushback from leadership. Male vs Female. Although I don’t know what this means, 60% of our leadership team is female and 60% of our executive leadership team is female. We also have a female COO which is rare in today’s business world. We post our jobs across diverse sites to attract the most talented individuals. We have a diverse organization and always choose the most qualified candidates for open roles. Had you wished this be even more diverse, we have an employee referral program. The program pays a bonus to existing employees who refer candidates. You found it easier to complain anonymously than to take action, as you referred no one in your entire tenure. Industry turnover averages 18.6%. Our turnover is 15.8% which includes employer initiated terminations (for cause, performance, etc.). Our turnover is well below industry standards. As an organization, we are very competitive with Fortune 100 companies. We pride ourselves on offering well above competitive wages, great benefits with employee healthcare coverage paid for by the company, very regular employee appreciation events, a collaborative team environment as well as conducting regular feedback sessions with employees to continuously improve. We value our employees feedback to help build a better organization and have enacted many changes because of it. Every leader has a very open door policy. There is no employee in our company that is off limits from discussions to enact change for the better…we believe in our employees and support their input! We do not tolerate any type of bullying or dishonesty and have written policies to help prevent it. It is unfortunate that you did not take advantage of speaking to HR or other leaders to address your concerns. If you desire change, you need to communicate, but be mature enough to know, no one person is right all of the time and not all of the changes you seek are the best. We wish you the very best in your next career endeavor.
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