MetLife Reviews in Tampa, FL Area

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

Pros – Great company,pay,benefits,vacation, 401k match and pension.

Cons – located in new tampa, away from the city.

Advice to Senior Management – keep up the good work.

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

Current Employee – been working at MetLife full-time

Pros – Good people, atmoshpere to work in

Cons – Offshoring jobs. Always re-organizing. Stretching employees

Yes, I would 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 7 years

Pros – Stable company that continues to grow and expand
Global company with many opportunities
Established as one of the leaders in its industry
Demanding Fast pace environment

Cons – Outdated policies and IT Management practices
Outdated technologies & processes
Heavy IT off-shore tendencies

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on driving savings through long-term process improvement
Create stronger horizontal alignment of key initiatives
Drive change with outcome specific measures & targets

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

Current Employee – been working at MetLife full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Not homogenous, you can get a variety of experience in different parts of Corporate Finance/Accounting
Pay is decent relative to competitors in the area*
Travel and other opportunities for exposure with the right connections within the organization
Flexible work arrangements

Cons – *Pay is below the national average for the role
Outsourcing higher level finance functions (India), creates concerns for growth and job security
You're only as good as your manager, the performance structure forces people to compete against peers
You have to seek out development opportunities, management doesnt seem as vested,
The "right connections" is a slippery slope. You have to network to survive, but if it doesn't work out your career will stall
People will do stuff the way it was always done without thinking outside the box or questioning

Advice to Senior Management – Develop your employees to maintain quality in this global environment. Revamp the whole performance review/bonus structure.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MetLife

Pros – Workmates and health benefits are good

Cons – Poor management. Poor planning. Products not up to the competition.

Former Employee – worked at MetLife

Pros – MetLife has great benefits and lots of different positions in different departments. The corporate structure is great for those who like that atmosphere

Cons – The departments are very political. Promotions are given to friends and people who are in the same clique. It is hard to get out of some departments if they need you and do not want to train a new person.

Advice to Senior Management – Allow employees to be more creative in their positions. Cross training and development will go a long way to allow people to move around more.

Former Employee – worked at MetLife

Pros – Benefits and compensation were good for the area. I did learn quite a deal about the industry.

Cons – Hours required to work were unethical at times. 60+ hours some weeks without time or pay compensation. Very poor feedback from managers. People were treated differently.

Advice to Senior Management – Give employees accurate feedback and root for them to succeed, not wait for them to fail.

Current Employee – been working at MetLife

Pros – Nice atmosphere in most groups. Though they are quickly being eliminated, Met has all the comforts and advantages of working for a large, sucessful company such as holiday parties (depending on your officer, that is) and other company sponsored events.

Cons – Growing in the Met system can be counterproductive for your career. It's great experience at first but you quickly see diminishing returns as much of managements decisions are based on politics and relationships rather than hard work and knowledge. If you want to do well at Met, be a good politician.

Advice to Senior Management – Review how the officers are running their departments. There are real discrepencies in salary between the various financial groups. It is also well known that many new hires are brought in at higher salaries than the existing employees. Another frustrating factor for veterans of Met is that when you grow within the company, promotion amounts are extremely small and often timed with normal merit increases to make it seem as though it's bigger than it really is. There is a lot of talk about talent retention but no real action. My advice to a young, new employee at Met would be to get 2-3 years of good experience and move on to a new company.

Current Employee – been working at MetLife

Pros – Good with PTO
Great place to gain experience and knowledge or financial systems

Cons – promotions are hard to come by
downsizing everywhere
all about budget cost and no salary increases
not a good place to retire anymore from

Current Employee – been working at MetLife

Pros – Good benefits, good experience, big company

Cons – No work life balance, even though it is something they promote, its never followed through with