I'd agree that there are many childish comments here. I'm worried that some I used to work with an respect are the ones actually typing those comments into this forum. Most of those I work (and worked) with are far more professional. The bottom line is that Raymond James is not what it once was. Change is good, but not when it means stepping all over many of the same people who got you where you are today. A corporation is only as good as the sum of all of its parts. HR and senior management have often commented that culture change at RJ was (is) necessary. They felt there were too many people not doing enough work and that the necessary skill sets to be competitive in this industry didn't exist within the current work force. So, they got rid of a bunch of people. Drove dozens or more away by putting unrealistic expectations on them, changing job titles and expectations multiple times, etc. We have lost faith in our management team. It's not a personal shot at them. It's professional. They don't seem to know how to lead or what their end goal is. They continue to churn and change hoping to get it right at some point. All the while, they're shedding knowledge that is simply not easy to find in this market (read: not on Wall Street). Some of the tactics used you'd find hard to believe, but they are certainly true.
In the end, you can try to folks in the door at RJ, and maybe they'll do well. Hard to say. However, from the inside --> out, I'd highly recommend staying away for a period of years until things settle down.