MetLife reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(6,437 total reviews)
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Michel Khalaf

82% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

MetLife has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,437 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MetLife employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Assurance industry (3.6 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Apr 14, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Employees were very personable...surroundings comfortable...

Cons

Sale of products to people who were uneducated or unable to maintain payments. Prospect search and description of offering to prospective customer was totally deceptive...in my opinion.

3.0
Jan 22, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Pension plan 401k Match Decent Commissions Strong Products Financially Sound Company Great Benefits Flexibility and Autonomy in work hours and business practices Encourages an entrepreneurial spirit in its employees Great bonus package Ability to move into management

Cons

The problem I have with insurance companies is that they hire 100 people and know that only 1 or 2 will remain with the company longer than 4 years. The turnover is incredible, which is what they want. They want new employees to sign up friends and family and then leave, so they don't have to pay trailing commissions and residuals. Failure is almost expected within the industry, and those that succeed are few and far between, and only then do they truly gain respect and only then will the company give them some resources to enhance their career. I understand the rationale behind this business model, but is at times frustrating.

2.0
Jun 13, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The best part of Metlife's Customer Response Centers are the benefits and my fellow co workers. We are told we cannot get a union or we will be fired. We do have excellent healthcare but very expensive for the employees. Metlife does give an annual bonus which comes in March and is very welcome. Metlife also offers virtual home agents but you have to be on call all the time the company is open. They do offer flex scheduling where you make up time if you need to go to a doctor's appoitment.

Cons

We are currently outsourcing our customer service to Costa Rica and we are forced to train the people who we believe will eventually take our jobs. Metlife changes our job duties and adds more work to make it impossible to get bonsues and extra points. They are very very strict on attendance. We only get 3 sick days per year where other companies in the Dayton Ohio area give 6 to 7 a year. We also opened a Global processing center in India and now all mail and corrospondence is sent over seas without the knowledge of our policy holders. They did offer identity resolution services to the policy holders if some how your identitity were to be stolen say by someone in India. The supervisors are always stressed and never ever have time to talk to the employees. To sum it up it is very disfunctional family in the customer response center in Dayton Ohio

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