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No days off, and the pay is average. Wouldn’t recommend to anyone who wants to have a life. Time is consumed by the calls and meetings, and you’re treated differently if you don’t hit your numbers.
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Great workplace culture!

I loved working at OTA. My co-workers and the students made everyday at work something to look forward to. I was never micro-managed and was in charge of my own schedule. We had weekly meetings on TEAMS that helped with what expectations were for that week.
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Could have been better

The job itself was good and I learned a lot. The only issue was the coporate execs were not honest about their practices as it relates to their trading program and their customers.
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Good System & Leadership

I enjoyed my time at OTA. They provided a quality education product and a fun workplace environment. The owners of my location are successful business people who constantly looked to improve.

Pros

Fun environment

Cons

The commute but that’s not their fault
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Culture and Compensation

One of the best companies I have ever worked for. The culture at the HO was stellar. External forces dictated the company the make big changes. They are rebuilding. Highly recommend.

Pros

Team atmosphere. Culture.

Cons

Expected politics in some corners of the business
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  • Time and location flexibility
  • Clear sense of purpose
  • Ability to learn new things

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What is the best part of working at the company?Company provides food.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?It's all commission. The owner put pressures to get sales.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Stressful. Culture is non existence.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Make calls set appointments to qualify prospects.
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Good place to work depending on location

Depending where you work OTA can be good. Some locations can be very political. It was a pleasant experience all around, everyone who works there is, and has been very nice.

Pros

Free lunch

Cons

Can be very political.
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Good culture

Pretty nice place to work. First job out of college and I held 3 different roles in three years each with a higher pay. Met a lot of great people there. Environment is friendly. Still can get stressful with the amount of work sometimes, but it’s a job so what do you expect. They had free lunch/breakfast every day when I was working there

Pros

Free lunch/breakfast every day

Cons

Multiple hats
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Cool job

Cool job. Nice people and PTO was nice. Great job of you like people interaction.... Free food daily. Cool colleagues that care about the students.

Pros

Free lunch

Cons

None significant enough to list
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Positive Energy

Fun place to work. Everyone is kind and respectful. A lot of team comradery. Be expected to wear multiple hats. Managers really do care about you. Met some great friends there.

Pros

Free lunch

Cons

many hats
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Amazing atmosphere and company

This company goes above and beyond to help you understand their company’s philosophy and they are one of the best companies I have had the pleasure to work for. They treat everyone with respect and work as a reliable team.

Pros

Atmosphere, teamwork, salary

Cons

None
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Great culture but difficult management team

If they stood by their motto to "always do what is good for the customer" then they would be a 5 star employer across the board. As they grew they seemed to have lost site of that motto.

Pros

Great co-workers, great customers, valuable product

Cons

Upper most management lost site of the goals that helped us grow.
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Productive, loving culture at OTA

The company treats their employee's with respect and love. The company has relentless commitment to their customers and employee's. The management of OTA are all very nice to the employee's. The only hard part about my role was trying to help some non tech savvy customer with their platform issues and other technical issue. Other than that the job was great.

Pros

Catered lunch every day. Free car wash every month.
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Great company

Love OTA. It offers a great product. It’s leaders lead with compassion and care for the students and staff. Great organization. Could not say enough wonderful things about OTA.
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The company was big on love and family. Student were priority

Working with new and existing students accomplish their financial goals. I learned a lot about the trading and investing industry. Management worked closely in the trenches with their team. The culture was about being a family as a team. The hardest part of the job was the time and energy put into the sales process, but also the most rewarding.
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Employees at the forefront

Management does a great job of engaging and rewarding employees with thoughtfulness, though high level discussions and strategic decisions are generally limited to the input of only the most senior folks and therefore there is a lack of opinion diversity. Overall a great place to work with a strong culture.
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fun workplace

i enjoyed a flexible schedule and enjoyed the ability to travel all around the US to different education centers. I learned a lot about the financial markets through other instructors.
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Amazing culture, slow growth

The hands-down best feature at OTA was that they hired amazing people to fuel an excellent culture. The biggest downside were slow promotions as they tended to hire from the outside rather than promote from within.

Pros

Great culture and perks

Cons

Low wages, slow promotion
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OTA is a lion’s den.

Elitist and corrupt. Double standards, poor communication. They’ll twist your words. They’ll say they love you until they know you think for yourself.
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amazing workplace

I was part of a global team. would fly out to a location example, Hawaii. Check into hotel, make sure all my team arrived safely and ready to report for work in the morning for a double shift. I gather all the materials and get the car packed and ready for the team in the morning. we take off to set up our 4 day seminar at other locations throughout the city. i worked with hotels and covered everything from start to finish on the seminar with paperwork, reports and invoicing of payment. take down the banners and ads and pack up to do it again in another location the following day.
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Great culture and Supportive environment

Everyone works towards the same goal. We are here for the students first and doing all we can to bring them the best financial education possible during uncertain times. It is a phenomenal team.
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3.7 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
3.9 out of 5 stars for Compensation/Benefits
3.5 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement
3.7 out of 5 stars for Management
3.9 out of 5 stars for Culture

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