Pros
The benefits are great. Good medical and dental plan for my family. I have 6 weeks paid vacation. Great 401k match (up to 4%) and you are given 10% of your salary per year into 401k. 18% of your salary per yer into 401k if you put down 4%, that's the biggest pro besides the vacation. Most of the people working in lower level management are morons which makes it easy to run circles around all of them and pick up great reviews each year
Cons
dress code is behind the times, everyone is too nice (brain washed), concentration is more on playing silly March Madness games instead of acutal business. VG is "cash rich" as one executive put it 2 years ago, however, they refuse to pay what competitors pay (I make more than most and I am satisfied...I feel bad for others however). Supposedly there are no politics. Hello, it's a giant corporation, why push that under the rug and try to pretend it doesn't happen, it happens everywhere. The big push of 2010 is Good To Great....well VG has a long way to go because part of the book states you are up to speed with competitors, which VG Brokerage is not.