Can we please hire some good sales managers. Why are we paying 4-10m a year in GP payouts for a job that we could get for 300k. They would actually have the skills to do the job other than being "a nice guy". Where is enterprise reimagine when you... — read more
WARN Notice
Anybody have the link to where EDJ shows up on a WARN Notice? I’m not finding it anywhere. I found in Missouri other companies that gave WARN notices but not EDJ. Thanks.
Employment Verification
Does anyone happen to have the employment verification phone # for Edwarth Joneseth? Thanks in advance! Best, A fellow sacked colleague 🫡
I’m Hearing Rumors
Reimagined part two….i hope it’s not true.
Check your 401k
Edward Jones made a change at year end to investment choices in the 401k. While Suzan and her s$@t HR function did the bare minimum to communicate these changes through the 401k provider (Empower), it was buried under annual disclosures and most of... — read more
Shut it down!!!
I have been reading these posts for months now and everyone is upset, but nobody wants to do anything about it. If you were unionized, you would strike. You can, however, have a sickout and slow things down a lot. Use your PTO time, before you are... — read more
EJ culture feels impossible
Has anyone here worked somewhere else and seen worse internal politics than this? The environment is the next level of toxic, with some managers yelling at people all the time like it's normal. I've worked in tough places before, but this one stands... — read more
New HQ Employee Annual Review is BS.
Like the title says. This new annual review sounded good at first. Make everyone's the same in February for simplicity. However it's tanking most employees' performance raise. Our leaders said that it's pro-rated from your last. So that would mean... — read more
I love it!
I hate this company with every fiber of my being. They fired me after giving them 15 years and struggling with mental health issues. I hope this company gets what it deserves. Su-k it, EJ.
Forced to retire
65 yr old must retire in the next few months or severance will be forfeited. Can't afford to retire but hand is forced. Why this push?
James S. McDonnell Foundation
Startled to learn the JSMF has named Penny Pennington to its board of directors. She is being added to “tap into her knowledge to help give more opportunities to underserved communities in St. Louis.” This is the same woman who has laid off St... — read more
Imagine it’s 2030
Imagine it’s 2030. The wealth management industry has gone fully digital, fully personalized, and somehow still feels… human. Clients rebalance portfolios with a voice command. RIAs fully own the client experience, and their book of business... — read more
New Code of Ethics = curious timing
Did you know: NYSE-listed companies must adopt and disclose a code of business conduct and ethics applicable to all directors, officers, and employees, per SEC-approved rules. These rules cover conflicts of interest, compliance with laws, insider... — read more
Class A limited partnership - no more profits
Have you read the new partnership agreement? Class A shareholders will only get the 7.5% payments and that's it. No more variable profits. Only Class B shareholders will get the variable profits (but no guaranteed payments at all). It also talks... — read more
Can you be laid off while on vacation?
Sorry if it's a stupid question, this is my first proper job and I'm not sure how things work yet.
Works Better, Together - Amplify has 6 likes
The Working better, together Amplify article has been out for three weeks and has 6 total likes. I wonder if anyone making these decisions takes note of how wildly unpopular the new policies are. Does anyone know who really pushed for this policy?... — read more
Check your 401k holdings...
I missed the communication that all my well-performing mutual funds would be mapped to a couple of ETFs, a target date fund and a generic bond fund. My well diversified portfolio that's averaged 12% annually, wiped clean by the geniuses running this... — read more
Thoughts on a "one book office."
With the push for FAs to share office space, there are FA teams merging to combine AUM into one-book partnerships. All of the "book" will be evenly divided among each FA. What will the success rate be of these partnerships? Does EJ have all of the... — read more
More ISPs Are Coming
This is based on actual facts…. In April there will be another town hall to tout the success of ER. They are going to share that we’ve gained efficiencies through reducing the layers of management as well as early successes of automation and... — read more
Penny’s 2026 Raise
Given that Penny has averaged 16-17% for her annual raises the past few years, what do we bet she’ll get for 2026? I’ll set the over/under at 16.5%. Are you betting higher or lower than that? Happy betting, y’all 🤠
DEI strikes again
Well.....just applied for a position at the HO - totally qualified. Submitted my application and within 5 seconds (I'm NOT exaggerating) - it stated my status as "NO LONGER UNDER CONSIDERATION." I sent an email to the Talent Acquisition... — read more
Peddling
Please stop peddling “the five gears of change.” The HO team is trying to push this concept (and subsequently the work) down to Service. Instead of trying to sell this concept, these GPs and Sr directors should think about how they are actually... — read more
RTO Updates
Has anyone heard anything more about the in office changes?
Hard to be loyal to Edward Jones, left to a competitor and should have done it sooner.
I started with Edward Jones in 2018 and left in 2024; I am White male with a degree in finance and two of the big professional designations. Because of DEI, I never received a Good Knight, was never approached about an RTP, and never got my own... — read more
What baffled me the most this year
I can't figure out why would you do mass layoffs without truly considering the people and rolls you are cutting? They just got rid of people blindly without thinking about the impact on the future of the company. Who does that?
Great talk
I had a great talk with family over the holidays about my career. I'm fixing to move on outside of firm as this place stresses me out to much. I'm not waiting around for a new LP offering; VSP or ISP.
Future Plans
In contemplating my future after being laid off from EJ, relying on a small severance and my depleting savings, I can see how people do something to go to prison. They will have shelter, food, daily exercise, health insurance, no utility or car... — read more
EJ is a joke
Between leadership that doesn’t seem to know where it’s going, middle management that can’t execute, and expectations that keep getting more detached from reality, the whole thing feels like a circus that somehow keeps getting louder instead of... — read more
Coin Toss & Crying
What happened with the coin toss? People are saying it was botched but I didn’t see anything that indicated it went poorly? In a strange video she said she trained for the coin toss….and I don’t think she was joking. Lastly, it has been reported that... — read more
Phrases introduced and run into the ground since PP came aboard....and go!
"Together We Serve"
ISP - Severance
I was ISP’d at the end of August as part of ER. If you’re one of us have you received your severance payment? I have not and have emailed HR Help three times and have not heard back from them.
Attention GPs - time to break away
I'd love to see some of our GPs, the OGs that are too young to truly retire but are leaving because they can't stand PP, break off and form something new. I'm thinking like the original owner from Scottrade did. Those OG GPs are the only ones with... — read more
Find Your Rich
Hey Y'all! To celebrate the upcoming Holidays and our new ad campaign, I wanted to share with you how I found my rich in 2025: Aggressive outsourcing of labor outside of North America Enacting policies to encourage employees to quit to avoid... — read more
Hopeful
I just got of a call with someone who used to be a financial advisor with Jones. She is now at Principal and referred me to another advisor with Principal, who also left Jones. She said they got the heck out of there (EJ) and mentioned the culture... — read more
Merry Christmas, Penny!
Psych! I hope Penny has a holiday season full of heartache, despair, and anxiety. She has caused the same for thousands of people. She deserves the same. So many people laid off and at EJ hate her.
Hypocrisy
HC had a meeting to talk about feedback on the new policy and out of our 7 wealthy white SLT GP's FIVE were working from home, one was even taking the call from the car??? It's Tuesday, isn't Tuesday a required in office day? So for you marginalized... — read more
More ISPs in Operations
Division meeting today just ended. T.P says more ISPs coming. No number given, just the same ole same ole "transformation" jargon. Also, 700 HBAs impacted by the new RTO policy. They did this knowing a lot of those folks will rage quit or simply not... — read more
Partnership Documents
I strongly suggest everyone should read the current partnership agreement. You might find it does not really say what we’ve been told it says.
$1000 “Bonus”
I bet they shared this news when they did so they could get rid of a wave of rage-quitters before they hand out their “ever-so-gracious” 1k bonus in January. I know at the end of the year it’ll all even out, but it’s still such cr-p that our... — read more
Exit interviews?
For those laid off, did anyone get an exit interview? I was ISP'D and was not asked for an exit interview. I find that strange for a large company.