Pros
A good entrepreneurial environment, where a good idea has the potential to be leveraged into a lot of money. Excellent Training program with dedicated trainers to develop both agents and registered representatives. They pay for all training, and licensing fees.
Cons
Hard to trust the numbers management gives you. They will hire anyone, regardless of professional ability or resume quality. They sell smart people the idea of a dream job, with high commissions and high lifestyle quality. Reality is the job is all about sweat labor, hard work, income volatility...... and then you understand that the best thing New York Life is for leap frogging into better job! New York Life = Selling Life Insurance (they have the best products in the industry though)