Growth and Flexibliy If You're Ready to Work Hard - Vice President Equitable Advisors Employee Review

5.0
Jun 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You control your schedule. You control your career growth. You control your income. Tremendous long term earnings opportunity. Great client interaction and a great platform to help client achieve their goals. Great teamwork and great people. I'm proud to work for AXA and feel rewarded for my hard work that is paying off.

Cons

High stress level at beginning of career. Overworked and underpaid for the first 2-5 years of your career. May have to cold call when you start unless you have a strong support group of people who are open to doing business with you and/or provide you with referrals.

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5.0
Apr 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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.

1.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good place for career changers to get financial licenses (they will license anybody)

Cons

Very bad pay model for new hires- will tell you 6% commissions on certain products but then you have to kick up 10% to your manager and the other half of what's left to whoever is working w you because they make you go out in pairs...and mostly seem want to get ahold of all your friends and family for sales you can't participate on without the 66....but you have no time to study that bc you are too busy selling for the products that don't require it to make quota, as your clock starts when you pass the 7, so pretty much they just want your people. It's very eat what you kill, and then only after it's been picked over.... which is fine if you're young with no obligations, but not great if you have a family. If you were an existing advisor and had your own book/contacts it could work. Otherwise get your licenses, learn a little, but don't be afraid to move on to other opportunities.

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