Merrill Lynch Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Benefit package."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Look for a team with growth."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Growth allowance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Evaluate top producers more closely."

"Objective reality of life at Merrill Lynch, 5th Avenue."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"It is one of the biggest, respected firms on Wall St. If you put in the hard work, there is unlimited growth potential."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Carefully read up on all numbers related to current ML, rival firm & general market statistics."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"At the 5th Avenue office, there was NO support among any management team member. You were simply handed series 7/66 books & told to pass both tests. Too many daily, distracting meetings that were useless to a new FA, when studying was the main objective."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Fire everyone in management. Word on the street, that's already been done!"

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"I liked being able to work with business owners and having sale goals."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"They did not provide offices."

"Great company."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Large company with lots of room for advancement."

"Overall is a great experience to learn."

"A very professional and fun place to work."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"The freedom to explore and try new things to develop business."

"Loss of job due to Bank of America purchase."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Learned something every day."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Being purchased by Bank of America."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stay in business."

"This was an excellent atmosphere."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"The respectful management and growth opportunities."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"They are now owned by Bank of America, and Merrill Lynch employees are getting laid off."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Not working there anymore."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep things the way they are now, because was an excellent atmosphere."

"MLCC is decent but is a steppingstone, not a place to stay."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Freedom to set schedule and to learn to be the expert at what I did without punching a clock each day, but delivering sales and closings."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"This position was not directly tied to prospecting and selling, therefore is considered expendable."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Speak more candidly about corporate changes; keeping secrets from your employees makes therm keep secrets from you."

"Good place to work as long as you sell all the time."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Working with a group of educated professionals whose one common denominator was motivation."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"The only metric is sales... if you don't sell, you don't count."

"So close, yet so far..."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"The people. They really make the company. That was the best part."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Anyone interviewing for a position with any company should be sure to obtain as much information as possible during the process, interview with competitors, and definitely speak with other employees who are at different stages of their careers to get their input."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Rigid, profit/numbers oriented. Not forthcoming with employees and clients."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Employees and clients are not just numbers. Take time to help cultivate new advisers because many have so much potential but are not really given an opportunity to grow. And, allow a little more flexibility with the minimum account size. Rome was not built in day."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Strong management team."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest and straightforward, they can read your mind."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"My short stay with the company."

"Merrill Lynch was a great place to work... up to a point."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Great people... excellent location."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"The disloyalty."

"Merrill Lynch is a great place to work."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Great place to work, nice benefits, a lot of long-time employees are working there."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Sometimes too much work to do; always lots of work to come back to after vacation."

"The best."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Top-tier integrity and performance."