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Found 4,570 of over 5K reviews
4.1
80% Recommend to a Friend
Charles Schwab President and Chief Executive Officer Walt Bettinger II
90% Approve of CEO

Found 4,560 of over 5K reviews

4.1
80%
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90%
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Charles Schwab President and Chief Executive Officer Walt Bettinger II
Walt Bettinger II
2,488 Ratings

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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment

Pros
  • "Benefits are good and fair.(in 463 reviews)
  • "Great people and enjoyed my time even during a virtual envirnoment(in 391 reviews)
  • "Corporate culture is great because people buy in and work towards making everyone financially fit.(in 315 reviews)
  • "Good work life balance and flexibility.(in 220 reviews)
  • "The pay was good not great(in 202 reviews)
Cons
  • "Poor management and team.(in 160 reviews)
  • "Bad managers can really hold you back and they are not quick to turn over.(in 145 reviews)
  • "A low salary for an SF software dev intern(in 98 reviews)
  • "Management became populated with 'yes' people who could quickly change loyalties to the new 'senior leadership' without any regard for self(in 64 reviews)
  • "3. Upper management is cold and indifferent.(in 44 reviews)
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  1. 4.0
    Current Employee, less than 1 year

    Good work life balance

    Mar 20, 2023 - Associate in Raleigh, NC
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Culture across the org is good and care about work life balace

    Cons

    Salary isnt that good as comapred to tier 1 companies

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  2. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 5 years

    Estates Operations Specialist

    Mar 18, 2023 - Estate Operations in Indianapolis, IN
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good with helping move laterally in company.

    Cons

    Bad with metrics expectations - can cause burnout.

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  4. 3.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Good

    Mar 17, 2023 - Employee in Omaha, NE
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    enjoy the culture at schwab

    Cons

    long hours, low pay limited benefits

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  5. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    Exceptional culture and strategy

    Mar 16, 2023 - Sr. Manager, Operations in Denver, CO
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Workplace is strategic and forward looking, excellent culture.

    Cons

    Compared to the rest of the financial industry, none

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  6. 5.0
    Former Employee, more than 3 years

    Great place to work

    Mar 15, 2023 - Anonymous Employee 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    It was a great place with smart people to work with

    Cons

    A lot of red tape when it comes to using new technologies

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  7. 4.0
    Current Employee

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    Mar 15, 2023 - Client Service Representative in Dallas, TX
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    the company has good benefits

    Cons

    A lot of regulations to handle

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  8. 4.0
    Current Employee

    good work life balance

    Mar 15, 2023 - Lead QA Engineer in Austin, TX
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    - good work life balance - good benifits

    Cons

    legacy code. Nothing new to learn.

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  9. 5.0
    Former Employee, more than 8 years

    Great Company

    Mar 15, 2023 - Managing Director in San Francisco, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Very fair and really have employees best interest.

    Cons

    Locations are not all ideal.

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  10. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Good place

    Mar 15, 2023 - Financial Consultant in Saint Louis, MO
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Has support from corporate to develop

    Cons

    Hard to move around in company

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  11. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Salary

    Mar 15, 2023 - Information Technology in Westlake, TX
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Salary is good and fair

    Cons

    This is an intense job

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Charles Schwab has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 5,049 reviews left anonymously by employees. 80% of employees would recommend working at Charles Schwab to a friend and 79% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Charles Schwab employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Charles Schwab. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

80% of Charles Schwab employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Charles Schwab 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Charles Schwab to be culture, career development, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, management, compensation.

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