Northwestern Mutual Reviews

Pros

Great training program. Can be useful anywhere

Cons

No balance whatsoever. No feedback on how your are doing

Advice to Senior Management

When you commit to a program, follow thru with it.

Pros

Flexible Hours
Good comraderie among co workers
Senior Representatives are very down to earth and will make time to help if possible.

Cons

No support
Income can go in the negatives
No benefits
No possibility of employee benefits
No expense acct.
Constant Rejection

Advice to Senior Management

Help support the staff more with monetary incentives

Pros

Learning opportunities. Potential income. Team support. Professional growth. Character building.

Cons

Time consuming. Must get out of your comfort zone. These difficult times make it especially hard to help people work on their financial goals.

Pros

Very little super vision, good pay if you work hard.

Cons

Watch out, most people in the office are looking to use you. Most of the Financial Reps there are very incompetent. They have an extremely bias opinion towards whole life insurance and do not want to consider any alternatives to whole life.

Pros

Great work culture. Flexibility in work hours. Always learning something new. Awesome training program. Making an impact in people's lives.

Cons

Negative view on insurance sales agent. A lot of local travelling (good or bad). Calling people to get a meeting (good or bad).

Pros

high income potential, earn complete independence, great compensation, good benfits, competitive and fun atmosphere, caring and inspiring coworkers, ability to help others, proud of what you do. While making your own schedule and working with others in a teamwork atmosphere.

Cons

Very hard work, no guaranteed income, high level of stress. You need to be willing to sacrifice time of the day and evening to expand your practice. Holding your self responsible.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing a great job, we have the best representatives in the world and we have the best products. Try not to emphasize on the bad days as much as highlighting the good days

Pros

Young people who dislike the job just like yourself so you aren't by yourself. Alot of people quit in the middle of summer.

Cons

Just about everything. They expect you to be a professional and already have mastered the skills even though they don't teach much.

Advice to Senior Management

Quit ripping young kids off. It will just make them never want to work with you once they quit your underpaying internship

Pros

The training is very good.

Cons

More communication with management. Goals

Advice to Senior Management

Communication

Pros

Leadership
Corporate Culture
Brand Name
Office space and location

Cons

You must maintain 3 appointments a day to make it
cold calling friends and family
health insurance is expensive compared with other firms
nickle and dime you to death
more cold calling

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure you select Reps that are willing to sell only life insurance for the first few year's of their career.The training program need's an overhaul.

Pros

Independence, income, impact

You have the opportunity to really help people find financial security by guiding them and exploring what's important to them.

Cons

Really long hours when you are in your first couple of years building your business from the ground up; people don't want to save money and don't always respect your time; lots of traveling

Advice to Senior Management

Help recruits with the soft skills of selling and don't emphasize the sales cycle so much