Dead end job - Associate Vanguard Employee Review

1.0
Jun 2, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get a paycheck, grant it, it’s below industry standards. And health insurance. Good PTO if you can tough it out for 10 years.

Cons

Management really takes the joy out of the job. I swear the ideas they come up with are from random Google Searches. For example, Miller Heiman call model. For some people, having these structured call formats may work, but for others it does not. What ever happened to just having a conversation to discuss client needs? They expect you to uncover a clients overall financial situation with a 15 minute call. They say they want us to learn about the client but all they seem to worry about is average handle time. They also claim crew have spoken and want to return to the office. The crew they are referring to are not client facing. They don’t deal with the day to day stress.

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1.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great company , very driven by mission and e pockets of the company and leaders care deeply about employees

Cons

People came and never left. Tenure is considered loyalty whereas te tenured leaders have spoilt the culture. They have created silos and they won’t let anyone outside their network grow. Roles are spoken for. Some senior directors are downright bad and also have collected layers of complacency vs skill. Making it hard for other leaders to effectively contribute. The culture can be very passive aggressive with too many decision makers leading to impasse. They would much rather provide poor client experience than inconvenience each other’s relationship.

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