Pros
Compensation and Benefits were excellent. From the generous commission structure to 5 weeks of PTO.
Cons
A significant issue I've noticed is the promotion of inexperienced employees to leadership positions with no support or guidance. This leads to a culture that seriously lacks consistency, transparency, and respect for fellow employees. Often inexperienced leaders would exhibit "power plays" to put other employees in their places, or conspire to have certain employees demoted or rerouted to other teams. Another main issue is the "every office operates as its own business" philosophy. This leads to major disconnects across regions. There are no consistent best practices and yet traders are reprimanded and in worse cases terminated for "failure to follow" nonexistent best practices. Finally, the "always win" mentality gone wrong leads to immense pressure on traders to deliver what as over promised by sales. Failure to deliver would be bubbled up to leadership and rumors of incompetence would spread. This created a hostile work environment where teammates seized opportunities to push the blame onto someone else to avoid being humiliated by leadership.