Great on paper and terrible in practice. - Wealth Management Advisor TIAA Employee Review

2.0
18 May 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Base salary. Given a book of business. Not for profit heritage. Good co workers typically. Provided thorough training, which is also a negative. (See below)

Cons

You will have no work/life balance. Expect 60-80 hour weeks to get all of your duties done. Way too many clients to do a good job managing. Micro management at the highest level. You will be forced to pay back "training costs" if you leave within a year of employment. $7500!! If you think the interview process is stressful, wait for the job to begin. This is a service organization that only recently has tried to become a sales org and it is broken at every level. Technology is non existent...decades behind. You will be trained to speak to clients like a robot and you will question whether or not you have any competence without TIAA.

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5.0
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Pros

Culture, benefits, PTO, flexible, career growth potential

Cons

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4.0
13 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great work life balance Some offices are very nice Great people Meaningful work

Cons

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