Pros
It is a large company and the association of working with such a place can be good. People in the area know about RJ . The resources at the company are quite comprehensive; if you are interested in learning more about the financial industry you can do so. Many employees will open their own personal brokerage accounts and even participate in trading; they have the expertise and guidance of the Employee Trading/Service Desk to help them along with certain things. There are a lot of seminars and groups cater to certain interests, such as Women at Work or the Weight Watchers at Work program. The employees there get along rather well and the security is friendly. The building itself is nice enough, it is not over the top luxurious but there are constant upgrades and improvements being made for the sake of safely and comfort. The benefits package is excellent; dental, vision, health, 401K, stock sharing plan, etc.
Cons
It depends on which department you work in; the income producing departments have much better experiences, in departments such as Customer Operations, the comfort dramatically declines. The "cubicles" are split among 4 people and that work space can be crowded. The chairs were not comfortable - no head/neck support - and my foot rest was an old cardboard box that was leftover from a supply room. The office machines are breaking on a fairly regular basis and the kitchen/bathroom facilities can be a bit offensive. This just should not be the case in a company as large, and with as many resources, as RJ. Also, overtime was not always honored, many employees in Cust. Operations would work through lunch but would be questioned when putting that on their timesheets; as if our days were not managed properly and therefore because we could not manage our time, we should not get paid overtime. This was just my experience every once in a while, I didn't get this on a consistent basis, but it was enough to make me write this, obviously.