MetLife reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(6,428 total reviews)
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Michel Khalaf

82% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

MetLife has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,428 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
4.0
Aug 17, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

MetLife is a strong and stable financial services company, which is more than most people can say about financial services companies in general. Overall, employees are treated respectfully and work-life balance is pretty good. We've recently gone through rounds of layoffs, just like every other company, and I've been very impressed with how MetLife has handled the situation, with grace and dignity.

Cons

Being such a large company makes change difficult to implement in MetLife. Much of the infrastructure is older and business has been conducted more or less the same for years. Management has been trying to make changes to become a "decision-driven organization" but results have been varied. Only time will tell whether this latest change will last and change the way we do business.

3.0
Aug 5, 2009

It was good until the economy got worse...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very flexible, works around your schedule, friendly people

Cons

They started caring less about their people when the economy turned bad. OPEX kicked in and things just got worst. So much lay offs and hiring freeze all across the board. When I first started there, they made me believe that I had a great future there. With no bright future in sight, I left the company and glad to say in a much better place and company. Management isn't always the best. Issues with workers were not addressed, leading to the problems escalating...

3.0
Aug 3, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

For FSRs - independence and flexibility.

Cons

Experience of FSRs is very different from that of salaried employes. Being a FSR is like running your own business. It takes time to build. There are lots of expenses and MET always gets paid first. You pay for everything.

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