Prudential reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,224 total reviews)
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56% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Prudential has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,224 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Prudential employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Apr 17, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

nice business cards, paid training and licensing programs.

Cons

you are expected to pursue 200 of your closest friends and family members for business as soon as you finish your licensing, and if you are not aggressive enough with your mom, grandma, aunt, uncle, brother, friends, etc., then your manager will take over the meetings and try to make them purchase life insurance

2.0
Oct 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent training in sales practices, product knowledge, and the regulations of the financial services industry. Consistent and regular feedback of performance. Excellent benefits if you can make enough to pay for them.

Cons

100% commissions with no minimum salary. Income is reduced by weekly and monthly overhead related expenses. One never knows how much one will make in a given week or month which makes managing your personal budget extremely difficult. The FSA is expected to spend most of their time prospecting for clients via cold calling. The FSA expected to exploit existing personal and professional relationships which can impact those relationships very negatively. 3 year retention is less than 15%.

2.0
Feb 20, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Although the headquarters is located in the heart of Newark, where carjackings have become extremely popular of late, telecommuting is quite prevalent amongst professional levels. The Company is quite diverse and there is a sincere effort to improve and give back to the surrounding community.

Cons

Because employees have the ability to work from home, if you want to keep your job, you'll find yourself constantly working, late evenings, weekends, etc. The whole idea of Work/Life Balance is only available to those who are in the higher rankings and are comfortable with overwhelming their staff with the work load and claiming all of the credit for themselves. The recent introduction of revised Behavior Leadership Competencies further empower certain tyrant managers to criticize objectives met and affords them the ability to still deliver ratings of "Greater Contributions are Needed".

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