TIAA-CREF Employment Application

Hi there,

A friend of mine seems to be in the final stages of the recruitment process at TIAA-CREF and he was told that "your application is complete and is now being sent to Compliance."

He was involuntarily terminated from another financial services company about a year ago because he refused to follow instructions to advise a client into a product that was ill-suited to the client but would generate revenue for the company.

The concern is that "your application is complete and is now being sent to Compliance" is a euphemism for "thanks but no thanks" on the premise that Compliance never says Yes to anything.

Does anyone have experience (first, second or third hand) along these lines - with an Involuntary Termination on record with the SEC (or wherever) and Compliance hurdles during the recruitment process? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!