MetLife Reviews in New York City, NY Area

Pros

Good Company to work for, pay is very satisfactory. Top notch consulting company to work with. Good experience can be obntained

Cons

Consultants are not given much importance. no place assigned to work. No growth in the company for consultants. work responsibilities may be very diluted

Advice to Senior Management

no advice for the managements. carry on with your work , and get out with the good money you get in there

Pros

Offer very good benefit package
Managed in a sound way and lots of checks and balances among decision makers
Management is very flexible and supportive about career advancement within the organization
Good risk management culture and very ethical

Cons

Compensation could be better compared to similar jobs at other companies
Sometimes too many departments involved in projects which inhibits progress
A lot of overlap and duplication of effort -- many opportunities to streamline processes and functions

Advice to Senior Management

Commit more to bonuses to reward innovation in the workplace
Develop a better and clearer connection between bonus/salary and work product

Pros

Benefits, work-life balance, company with a great reputation

Cons

tough to advance, career guidance, office politics, salary

Advice to Senior Management

Make managers more accountable in the advancement of their employees.

Pros

Work life balance & very firendly peers.

Cons

Poor management, vague project definitions, poor feedback mechanism

Advice to Senior Management

Need to hire competent people to manage projects

Pros

Great benefits. Great efforts at diversity. Some great people that one has to seek out.

Cons

If they cannot put you in a box, very difficult to make a contribution. Does not promote exceptional performers - even small groups are very distanced from each other - no entrepreneurial encouragement.

Advice to Senior Management

Horizontal communication is all but lacking. Encourage cross-departmental work in International - it's very small and should work together.

Honesty about difficulties - will engage employees.

Pros

Health benefits, name recognition, educational

Cons

The new "team" structure closely resembles a pyramid. If you are not a high producer, you will be used as food for the senior/higher producing broker. You have no chance at getting support to grow your own book of business.. Trust me...do NOT bother trying...even if you are fresh out of school.

Advice to Senior Management

Your senior brokers were once lower producers...

Pros

Flexible Work Arrangement and Women Friendly

Cons

Culture and politics play a vital role

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize employees

Pros

-Great management team
- Work Life Balance is definitely understood and respected
-Great working locations
-AMPLE opportunity for career growth

Cons

Snobby leaders in some areas
Change in management not always clear

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your staff and be mindful of the potential leaders around you.

Pros

Good Product training. Well capitalized firm, should be around in the next millenium. Decent benefits.

Cons

Expect to put in 60-80 hours a week easily. PHONES - PHONES - PHONES. Marketing is virtually non existent for the individual producer. Definitely some favoritsm goes on for a small group of producers. Compliance is all geared towards protecting the "MetLife butt'.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop nickel and diming your employee's to pay for EVERYTHING !!

Pros

A good place to work, nice colleagues but competencies can be improved. Promotions are hard to come by, very slow moving. Hope that new CEO will change everything

Cons

Slow moving. Silos. Decision making is fractured. Death by powerpoint. Waste a lot of time in cutting through red tape than actually doing real work

Advice to Senior Management

Understand who your top employees are and give them bigger assignments. Rotate talent across various departments to give people a broad perspective of the business