Pros
Friendly co-workers. Environment allows for advisors to be candid about career development and pursuing different roles within the company without fear of retribution. Challenging, yet rewarding aspect that comes with any advisory role. Solid benefits (health insurance, flex fund, 401(k) matching, PTO allocation).
Cons
Technology is so terrible that it constantly interferes with day-to-day tasks. Over-zealous roll-out of "modernized" advice platform with more flaws and technology issues than the previous platform. Technology issues preventing clients from performing simple tasks on the dashboard and have to jump through hoops to find workarounds. Advisor feedback is encouraged, but disappears into a black hole. Advisor managers are severe micromanagers with in-office attendance/time management, yet they are constantly leaving early/working from home. Severe micromanagement of "metrics" where management cares more about getting people into antiquated video chat room and enrolling into advisory service than the actual quality of advice we provide clients. Instead of hiring, management takes away existing career development time for advisors to take more calls, limiting the time/quality of client interactions. While team-model advisors have the benefit of work/life balance, senior advisors are often bogged down with tasks that require them to log in after hours to complete.