Save your soul. - Brokerage Associate Vanguard Employee Review

1.0
15 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

10% 401k payment vested over 6 years if you can survive. They offer benefits including on site doctors office. Coworkers are amazing if they stay long enough to get to know them.

Cons

Where to start. A lot of the reviews on here sum up the cons pretty well. The leadership at Vanguard is sub-par. The pay is low if not close to a joke. Benefits are average. They can also never seem to be fully staffed.

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CEO approval
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Pros

Good balance and early career development

Cons

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3.0
3 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Awesome coworkers for young professionals. Paid licensing for a few months.

Cons

Micromanagement is out of control. Incompetent team leaders who are obsessed with power and metrics. Back to back calls, limited support, and nearly impossible effective communication between departments. Zero time to cultivate culture because you are taking calls every second of the day except for 30min/1hr lunch and two 15 minute breaks. You’re locked into your role for over a year (apprenticeship for around 60 days, then a year after promotion to associate) and your team leaders will not approve internal applications unless you are “eligible”.

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