Pros
Somewhat stable job but the writing in on the wall long term. The building is very nice. However, it has been pointed out many times to me that is was designed specifically with the ability to share the building with another tenant, just keep that in mind. Not a bad gig if you are on the sales side.
Kontras
-Lay offs are common in SD within Operations as it is getting moved aggressively to South Carolina; with most of the promotions and positions going with it. (If you are internal just look at the most recent round of promotions. Individuals who couldn't pass the S7 or S24 are being promoted to leadership positions in FM). -Senior Leadership is spineless and has no idea how to manage with other business units. It doesn't help that the largest business unit has a handful of SVPs/EVPs while the other units give the titles out like they are candy. -Inconsistent messaging around layoffs. 100+ people in SD were given notice then "just kidding" 2 weeks before their term date and they magically had a job again despite what plans the employee made. -Long term the industry is in some trouble as fee compression is real and LPL's cut continues to get smaller. Look at the number of "Robo advisers" that can do the work of 80% of the advisers out there for less than half the fee to the client. - A good amount of key systems are 10+ years old built on an architecture that doesn't exist anymore.