Robinhood plans to significantly increase the number of full-time reps it has on staff this year, according to the company.
"We plan to more than double the number of full-time registered reps at Robinhood throughout 2021," a company spokesperson said on Thursday, confirming what InvestmentNews reported two days earlier. "In 2020, we more than tripled the size of our full-time customer support team, and hired hundreds of new registered financial representatives to support customers."
Robinhood pointed out, however, that it is not an investment advisor and doesn't offer financial advice to clients, noting the advisors it's recruiting will help clients with issues related to their brokerage accounts, not give them advice.
Robinhood, which now has about 13 million users, has been opening offices across the U.S. at a fast clip in recent months.
On March 30, the company said in a blog post on its website that its newest office will be in Charlotte, North Carolina, where it plans to hire more than 100 people in 2021.
The Charlotte office "will create nearly 400 jobs in Mecklenburg County," according to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who said in a press release that Robinhood planned to invest $11.7 million to establish the office focused on customer experience roles.
The Charlotte office boosts Robinhood's presence to nine U.S. cities and increases its capacity to do more for clients, it said.
Robinhood already recently announced new office locations in New York and Seattle and that it expanded on its investments in customer experience, it noted.
