Does MetLife pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MetLife employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MetLife. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MetLife?

67% of MetLife employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MetLife 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MetLife?

Director (136) , Manager (116) , Assistant Manager (113) , Financial Services Representative (108) , Senior Associate (82) , Project Manager (80) , Business Analyst (78) , Customer Service Representative (73) , Financial Advisor (73) , Estagiário (66) , Intern (66) , Team Leader (55) , Claims Adjuster (54) , Consultant (54) , Analyst (51)

What are the pros of working at MetLife according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great and the retirement and matching 401K are excellent." ((in 720 reviews)); "2) Good work life balance...Except the last couple of weeks leading to a release." ((in 566 reviews)); "until it changed and thought they are a mature player in the uk market; personal development; great people; international network" ((in 408 reviews)); "Flexible and good culture." ((in 219 reviews)); "Pay was good and great" ((in 215 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MetLife according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and could not keep up with regulation changes" ((in 256 reviews)); "Unlike other companies a bonus at MetLife is part of your pay (because the salaries are low) so you count on those dollars." ((in 181 reviews)); "Toxic work environments bad managers still in payroll" ((in 127 reviews)); "poor leadership and future vision of company missing" ((in 78 reviews)); "Bad upper management who allow bad employees to have have free reign and create tension in the work environment." ((in 72 reviews))

What are employees saying about MetLife layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about MetLife layoffs and their outlook for job security at MetLife in 2026.

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3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(6,429 total reviews)

Michel Khalaf

82% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

MetLife has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,429 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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2.0

Jul 25, 2010

Way too political

Level 31

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Pros

Flexible work environment. I worked from home as did the rest of my team. We were scattered among cities throughout the US.

Cons

No real sense of team. Managing a virtual team is difficult, especially when you can't get together in person that often. Working from home is great, but it should be balanced with (maybe) monthly in person meetings? The office politics were awful. During "OpEx" decisions were made to let people in closed door gossip sessions that reminded me of fraternity and sorority "black ball" sessions. Not enough focus on results based projects, more focus on political aspects of the persons' career. It made me uncomfortable to be a part of.

4.0

Jul 22, 2010

Great pay and benefits, but not the best place for advancement.

Financial services representative

Recommend

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Pros

-Great pay if you work for it -Flexible work hour -Little direct supervision I worked in the MetLife Services division for about 6 years. Overall it was a pretty sweet gig and i enjoyed it for the most part. I left the job to get my MBA. I have considered and will continue to consider returning.

Cons

- My second manager was totally incompetent and disconnected - Many of the other reps were sub-par and should have been jettisoned - Working for a large company, the bureaucracy can be difficult to navigate - some of the support staff mad doing business harder than it should have been

2.0

Jul 22, 2010

great industry but tough times

Financial services representative

Recommend

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Pros

a lot of products to offer prospects but training all over the place.

Cons

Leads givens to senior reps, lack of focus on new reps after 19 weeks, infrasture for success not in place for inexperience reps. only 10% of earned commission is paid out. ex. 1000 in commission you at $100 in next weeks check assumming you are at the 63% commission pay out. Note it is a little detail than this but basically you are paid 10% of what you received in commissions.

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