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 

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 

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 

"Together We Serve"

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.

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 

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 

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 

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.

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 

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 

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.

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 

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.

All future home office hires will be within commutable range. 4 days a week starting June 2026. Previously grandfathered home-office arrangements will end (minus those granted under ADA). Associates on campus are expected to be ON campus and... — read more 

I’m seeing a lot of anti-HBA sentiment on this board. As a leader who has both St Louis and HBA folks on my team, I thought I’d share some insight. It’s not that great being an HBA. Though there is flexibility, they take a hit on compensation. The... — read more 

HBA GPs will be expected to travel 50% and other HBA leaders will be expected to travel 25%. Couple of thoughts... Why are we trying to induce senior leaders to leave...I thought all the ER restructuring was supposed to address that? This seems... — read more 

So I am one of the people who was home based before and I guess I have to go to the office now until I find something else. Am I going to make more money? Being HBA means I don't have to pay for gas, daycare expenses for two under 5, even food since... — read more 

There is nothing admirable about the man who trades his authenticity to climb the corporate ladder. He becomes smaller, not greater. In chasing titles, he forfeits the one thing no promotion can replace; the integrity that makes a person worth... — read more 

Last quarter, I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees at $30 per seat per month—about $1.4 million a year. I packaged the whole thing as “digital transformation,” a phrase the board loved so much they approved it in eleven minutes. No one... — read more 

I find it almost comical that companies still wrap RTO in “collaboration and efficiency” fluff, when we all know it’s really about pushing people out cheaply. Add in micromanagement and a pathological need for total control, and it becomes truly... — read more 

Did you know the SEC encourages whistleblowing and even incentivizes it? "The SEC's whistleblower program was established by Congress to incentivize whistleblowers to report specific, timely and credible information about possible federal securities... — read more 

Prepare it is coming return to office more days

I don’t understand on why we are hiring so many folks. In my own department directors salary posted is anywhere from $189k-$289k.

Well, another Edward Jones long standing tradition has met it's end. Regional award ceremonies will now be conducted during a week day morning instead of a nice ceremony where you can bring a spouse. Maybe its too expensive now for the little... — read more 

I happened to be at West County doing some Christmas shopping and finally saw Penny's secret garden up on the building in Manchester. It looks so stupid having trees up on the top of the building. What a waste of money while good people are losing... — read more 

Next cascade should focus on redoing cascade 1. Since cascade 2, we’ve seen the same incompetent leadership coming through. How about doing cascade 1 correctly before shaving associates first? As they say, it all starts with leadership and we have... — read more 

I am watching the Big XII championship game right now presented by Edward Jones. In a first quarter commercial break here pops up our beloved Penny Pennington with her dyed hair (when you see her in person she has plenty of gray). She talks about... — read more 

Human Capital had a meeting yesterday and to say that it showed the firm is going nowhere. Over 10 years and none of the HC leadership has ever been any good but if we are trying to "Project 2030" what is this? SM has no direction, just all over the... — read more 

Did anyone in the HO receive and email from HR about updating your work history, education and skills? Just curious as I’ve been with EDJ for a long time and never received this kind of email before.

I’m so sick of the AI slop on Penny’s Page. Real interesting how all these em dashes started showing up after generative AI advanced. Disrespectful. Just stop posting instead of pretending we are all too stupid to notice.

Anyone receive theirs yet? Just curious how long they will make us wait for it, being the holiday season and all.

How many of you agree that one of the first signs a company's leadership is beginning to fail, from top to bottom, is when feedback is disguised as praise (so you have a chance to keep your job and not be targeted in retailation) and true... — read more 

My position was eliminated and I received the severance summary form. Am I understanding correctly that the severance offer "package" arrives on my last day and has to be signed by 5pm? If so, how are we supposed to have time for an attorney to look... — read more 

As part of the reorg, we have this new sales enablement function. I still have not seen the value of this function as none of the leads are not really doing much. What is this supposed to be? Can we get some competent people to enable this?

Do you think PP has ever seen Christmas Vacation? I say no….

It's become a standard practice here for leadership to schedule last-minute "urgent" meetings, often to discuss issues that have been pending for weeks. This blatant disregard for personal time and planning has created a constant state of exhaustion... — read more 

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Sitting here remembering when each holiday season, BOAs could choose a turkey or ham to take home. I was so proud to provide that for my family. That "founder of the feast" feeling. When that program was axed a year after PP got here, I thought it... — read more 

What was the deal today with that firm wide system outage between 12-1:00? Comms screens, Outlook, Zoom, Surpas all went down and rumors were saying cyber attack. It was down for over 45 minutes in my area. Not one email was sent out by the powers... — read more