‘Wait, you can do that?’ 3 of the biggest eye-openers for breakaways
Here are some of the things about working as an independent adviser that may surprise those who've made the jump from a wirehouse.
When I worked in the wirehouse channel, I had to pick my battles. Everyone did.
After years of work in a wirehouse, you get used to having to justify everything you want to do. You have to push through layers of management and talk to people who have no idea what your day-to-day work is like.
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