Traded growing the firm for employee health and wellbeing. - Principal Architect LPL Financial Employee Review

1.0
8 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The company invests in technology; the basics work well. Most of my peers were incredible. Best physical office I have been in to date.

Cons

Demanded 60 hour weeks; Try to squeeze 2 years of development in 8 months. A culture of "no bad news". Culture of fear and retaliation is tolerated. Easily the worst upper management I have ever seen or been a part of. I got a call on a Sunday while at lunch with my elderly father to join a meeting. Mistakes are not tolerated and lead to firings. Addicted to having everyone working mandatory 12-hour days on a single floor as a way of success - while ignoring that people have families and lives. I had direct reports who left because of mental health. Burning through people is easy and shows zero talent to manage.

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5.0
12 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great Resources and support teams!

Cons

Too much back office turnover at times leaves support team lacking accurate answers

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3.0
7 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay and getting OT pay. Awesome team of SMs and RTEs who felt like family and we all wanted to see each other succeed. I was exposed so a lot of situations which strengthened my skill set. Learned the SAFe model and it looks great on resumes. I personally had a great boss, bosses boss, and RTEs.

Cons

Executive leadership is ruining the culture. Many of the amazing Directors, AVPs and RTEs left due to the poor Executive leadership who do NOT know a single thing about Agile principles. Releases are 1x/mo so you have to work one Saturday a month which can sometimes be longer than a normal workday. Release Mgmt team is very difficult to work with and can be very disrespectful. They don’t hide it and it’s accepted. Execs killed remote work.

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