If you take over $10M or more it's doable. If not...forget about it! - Financial Advisor Edward Jones Employee Review

4.0
2 Jan 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

company recognition, no overhead, BOA to work for you, family oriented, no proprietary products, complete autonomy over your own success.

Cons

over crowded markets because the partners finally realized it helps their partnership bonuses each year, too conservative with allowable investments, equities research is a joke (you'd be better of doing your own. If you want to trust them to tell you when to sell, be prepared for the stock to bottom out before the wire comes), out dated equipment (which they're working on), over crowded markets, variable conversation is VERY variable, STRESS, no family life (if holidays are important to you this isn't the place, expectations don't change based on number of selling days in the month so if you want to make your numbers out the gate you'd better not travel too far because Black Friday still needs 25 contacts filled in. Did I mention overcrowded markets? YOU WILL BE BROKE! FLAT BROKE for the first 3 years.

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CEO approval
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Pros

Great training, great internal support from other Jones advisors

Cons

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2.0
24 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They have allowed the HBA’s (home based associates) to remain remote

Cons

Micromanagers, they say they are okay if you want to apply to another department within the firm but the minute you do it’s like you get a target on your back. The pay doesn’t match the workload and the word is that you have to quit and then come back to make what you should already be getting paid. Benefits are terrible but 401k is pretty good

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