MetLife Reviews

Former Employee – worked at MetLife full-time

Pros – Excellent company to work at & great benefits and balance & understanding of working mothers

Cons – Not that I can recall

Current Employee – been working at MetLife full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Benefits, bonuses, 410k (roth) pension

Cons – Slow pay increases..not enough to cover rising expenses.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at MetLife full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – MetLife is a great company to work for, offering plentiful training to grow your skill sets and a broad range of benefits and competitive salary.

Cons – MetLife needs to put more effort into retaining the talent they have within their own ranks. Many highly experienced people have been downsized over the last several years. It's a shame that they develop the talent and then let it go.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at MetLife as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Ample scope for showing your ownership and taking the reins to run the projects. or If you want to be laid back and have a laissez-faire, this is the best place...

Cons – Challenging environment, literally and otherwise. IT is not global and they have been struggling with enterprise systems that are disparate and not integrated well

Advice to Senior Management – You have got to get Global in IT; there are enterprise systems that are point solutions and not shared across businesses. And IT has to be nimble, and robust.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MetLife full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – When changes happen, there are numerous new opportunities.

Cons – Changes are happening constantly, but it also presents instability.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at MetLife part-time for less than a year

Pros – - some fun people
- benefits and online discounts from thousands of companies

Cons – - management extremely unorganized; it takes 20 people to talk to and get permission from before any small thing can be approved
- my office was full of gossip
- disrespect from many of the employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at MetLife full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible work schedule. Ability to earn.

Cons – A lot of night and weekend hours, commission grid.

Advice to Senior Management – Need more opportunity to grow

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MetLife full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good Brand, Everyone know them
Decent Product Line
Lots of Agents or Representatives
Lot of Potential If You Survive

Cons – Training is Dependent Upon Individual Office
Some Offices Care, Some Do Not
Power Struggles Within Can Impact New Agent Success

Advice to Senior Management – Just like there are penalties for Lapse Rates, Make penalties for new agent failures also

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MetLife full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - Strong support in the form of resources needed to fulfill job responsibilities
- Good infrastructure and industry-expertise
- Opportunity to cross-train and become involved in various aspects of the business
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- Great place to grow as a professional in the industry

Cons – - Rapid growth by acquisition can leave staff severely overworked

Advice to Senior Management – Equitable treatment of employees is understandably difficult when you grow rapidly, but in the long term is essential for retention of talent. Evaluating staff assignments and responsibilities on a regular basis may bring disdraught situation to light so that talented staff can be saved

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MetLife full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – I worked with some great people, and the work was varied and interesting.

Cons – Training for new roles and responsibilities was uneven (some had great experience, I was thrown in water and told to learn to swim, only after I had "failed" was I told how to succeed)

Advice to Senior Management – Treat people who work for you like you'd like to be treated, with respect and listen to them.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company