Don't fall for the lies... - Financial Consultant Equitable Advisors Employee Review

1.0
18 Jan 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Earned and was reimbursed for my NY Insurance license and my Series 7 & 66 exams. Received some valuable insight into the workings of the financial industry.

Cons

I almost went bankrupt and nearly had a nervous breakdown. Spent the last month or two just spaced out, staring at my computer screen and wondering why I didn't continue studying to be an accountant. Highly aggressive sales and prospecting environment that encourages use of deceit and intellectual property misappropriation such as lifting corporate directories from conference rooms at target companies to gain access to prospects. Managing VP's tacitly condone misrepresenting relationship between AXA Advisors and other companies to add false legitimacy and get appointments. Advisors are routinely expelled/ banned from office buildings. You have to sell your soul to be successful. I saw through the lies pretty fast but was in deep denial, and chased a few opportunities that did not pan out. Hours are not flexible in reality, because your managing VP will guilt you into being there 12 hours a day. Watch out for the full of himself guy that has hair like a troll doll.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Accessible stepping stone into the industry. Flexibility

Cons

Little transparency for employees, high pressure annuities and insurance sales with little real education or support on product or sales practice knowledge. Expect long hours while you learn to do recordkeeping and support work on your own while trying to meet goals that make sense for someone with a few years of prior experience, staff to help with paperwork and recordkeeping, and a decent lead funnel. You may not get any of these depending on branch and territory but you will still have a performance goal to keep your base pay and benefits that feels absurd to the new entrants they primarily target for recruitment.

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