When was the last time you had a 1:1 with your manager? Do you have yearly goals you commit to? Do you receive a year end review?

Why was someone brought in from an outside firm to manage the Investment Advisory Group that has no investment advisory experience over many qualified with the group?

Alleged underperforming funds are the subject of a $134 million class action ERISA lawsuit against Stifel Financial, Corp. on behalf of more than 10,000 retirement plan participants. The suit filed today by Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight alleges... — read more 

According to advisor hub dot com, the 133 million dollar settlement will be upheld.

Go take a look at the profile pictures of all of the usual “look at me!” suspects in IT. They’ve found a cool new superficial way to draw attention to themselves through artificial intelligence via photo filtering and touch ups of themselves... — read more 

I am a new employee and was wondering when the 401(k) match would hit our 401(k) accounts? I know it’s only $3000 but every little bit helps. Thank you in advance for the information.

They’re gonna be about half of what they usually are. Blame Ron.

We all got pretty Dollar Tree goody bags! And a break from actually working while we sat around and talked or listened. It’s one cup shy of a coffee klatch. I keep waiting for this to be something that has some good take aways. So far, nothing of... — read more 

Stifel Chairman and Chief Executive Ronald Kruszewski on Wednesday sent a memo to the company’s employees, including 2,300 advisors, seeking to counter rising speculation that he could sell the 135-year-old firm. “Let me be clear. Stifel is not... — read more 

Effective immediately, you will be chained to your desks upon arrival to work. Please plan your wardrobe appropriately to accommodate this change. Upon completion of your work day, please ensure your manager approves your work as being complete for... — read more 

At least for this year?

Looks like rumors were true all those people will be laid off. https://www.advisorhub.com/exclusive-stifel-to-sell-indie-brokerage-unit-to-equitable-advisors/

An article on the Entrepreneur site states for JP Morgan staff wanting to access their new $3B headquarters building, they will need to provide their biometric data. Considering how much of a crush RK has on JP Morgan's CEO, Stifel should be... — read more 

Rumor has it Citigroup is very interested and would make sense as to why Ron was retained. Makes sense why all the layoff talk is happening after the 1st of the year.

The work the laid off people were doing didn't disappear. It'll still need to be done. And guess who'll be doing it? Certainly not the ones who made the decision to lay people off and certainly not new people, because they're not going to hire any... — read more 

Just curious to hear what people are expecting?

From one of the lower threads. Yes, Glassdoor.com lets companies delete negative reviews for a fee. Not sure if Indeed.com does the same, but Indeed reviews seem to be more honest about a company than Glassdoor. "Folks, we should move to the main... — read more 

Is this true? The layoff is 600 people with only a handful offered a severance. Mostly tenure employees that have put in 15+ years @eb+1k6kw57zn

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 There's nothing noted on the WARN Act tracker about Stifel layoffs. www(dot)warntracker(dot)com. Does anyone know how they got around this?

Some had been with the company for many years.