Pros
Solid company, excellent job security, good retirement plan benefits. Good resume builder. Company offers decent perks like on campus gym membership.
Cons
Vanguard is a giant cube farm at it's best. They are so high on themselves they can't see outside their own Vanguard bubble. Wages are pitifully below market averages. The company is riddled with middle management that for the most part add zero value to their departments but rather only care about pushing the Vanguard Kool Aid in the interest of self promotion. Age discrimination and reverse race discrimination is painfully obvious. I have seen first hand very qualified white men later in the careers continue to get passed over for promotions in favor of young minorities or young females that possess half the talent and experience. They preach "equality" in the workplace but do not practice it. And no, I am not one of those that got passed over nor am I an older white man. In fact I got promoted twice in a relatively short period of time at vanguard. However, the overall experience was lousy. They really do not care about the employees but rather they are more concerned about their image as a corporate do gooder. I would never recommend working at this company other than entry level to gain some industry work experience.