I will be starting with Vanguard in Plano in 3 weeks. Curious of the culture, in office environment, office amenities. For example, is there a cafeteria? Gym? Do most people work 8-5 in office? I had 3 interviews. 2 managers said “come in at 8, leave... — read more 

One IT department just announced last week it will be moving to AI SDLC. This means developers will basically just be 'reviewing' AI agentic code instead of writing. What do you all think about this? Will Vanguard be doing layoffs/stealthy layoffs... — read more 

Salim will hit his 2 year mark at Vanguard in a few months. I left the organization mid-2025 and had already noticed a lot of change since he joined, especially in leadership and organizational initiatives. From a Crew perspective, do you think Salim... — read more 

How strict is VG on the background check for licensed client facing roles? Clean U4 Clean credit 820+ score Don’t drink/do dr-gs No felonies 2 misdemeanors that were dismissed. One was for stopping payment on a check b/c merchant delivered... — read more 

do we need to worry about our firm?

Considering an offer from VG and curious as to the benefits. Coming from a firm where I had 5 weeks PTO, 10 sick/personal days, and in office 4X week, 8-5 mandatory. Had 3 interviews and got 3 different stories on the in office requirements. One... — read more 

I just joined at a Randstad/Cella consultant just a week ago and was told yesterday that they will be cutting some of their staff. Is there any truth to this? I wasn't sure if this is normal or not but I just got here.

Vanguard retirement packages for US tech employees. Wow... you guys really do not keep up.

Vanguard to hire 2k in India. I know the phrase right now is to "grow the workforce" but we all know what it is. Offshoring so they can get rid of American employees who cost more. And even if nobody gets cut here, to do this when so many people at... — read more 

With another reduction in fees within a year to the tune of $250 million, should we worry that some of those cuts will be compensated for with layoffs? I've been here a year and I absolutely love my job, so losing it so soon would be heartbreaking... — read more 

We all said outsourcing to Infosys was a huge mistake and the quality of work will drop drastically. And guess what? Just a few years later, Vanguard is now bringing back some of the outsourced jobs because what we were saying turned out to be true... — read more 

I’ve had the impression that vanguard pays poorly. Is that still the case?

I've heard good things about the company and I'm considering applying, but it's always good to check on things like this beforehand. The fact that there are no posts here (the page for my current company is constantly active) gives me hope. Thanks in... — read more