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33%
42%
18%
6%
1%
3.9
Average Rating
(based on 168 MetLife Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.8
Growth Opportunities
3.5
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.8
Support You Get
3.8
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
4.0
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"I've worked for MetLife for the last 11 months and honestly I loved each day of it, my co-workers and I have a great connection and we work together all as a team and have accomplished so much. The office environment is to anybody's taste and I would highly recommend MetLife to any professional worker looking for a career."
Posted 9 years ago in Manhattan, NY
Commercial Director

What do you like about working at MetLife?

"Learning about insurance field. Working at 1st Insurance Company in Mexico."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Any background in sales would be good."

What don't you like about working at MetLife?

"Lack of structural organization inside the office."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It is necessary to hire personnel with better background on insurance."

Director

"Learning and growing career experience."

Marketing Consultant

"Met is a wonderful company to work for and I'd go back in a heartbeat."

Financial Service Representative

"A wonderful place to work."

Financial Services Representative

"Very expensive to work for. High expenses to work for."

Investment Advisor

"You can own your own business."

What do you like about working at MetLife?

"Business ownership."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Focus on why you want your own business."

What don't you like about working at MetLife?

"Long time between sales."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good reputation."

Business Consultant

"With layoff, the only advantage of working in Met (job security) is gone."

What do you like about working at MetLife?

"if you like slow and no pressure work environment; things take time to proceed."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be nice, be herself."

What don't you like about working at MetLife?

"Not much career advancement (most people just stay where they are); used to be secure but now layoffs all the time; management responded to market slowly, just started shipping jobs overseas."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pay more attention to the long term goals and employees, not Wall Street analysts."

Account Representative

"I was lucky to start in the business there."

What do you like about working at MetLife?

"Outside sales and a book of business to start off."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Sell, Sell, Sell, or else."

What don't you like about working at MetLife?

"They cut the sales force in half in '92."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep good employees."

Sales Representative

"Metropolitan Life was a good company to develop sales skills."

What do you like about working at MetLife?

"The best thing that I liked about working at Metropolitan Life was the independence that a person had in order to develop sales."

What don't you like about working at MetLife?

"What I did not like about working at Metropolitan Life was many times you had to work at night."

Sales Representative

"It was a good place to hone my selling skills."

What do you like about working at MetLife?

"Flexibility."

Business Consultant

What do you like about working at MetLife?

"Everything but layoffs."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Flexible personality."

Senior QA Analyst

"It was competitive."

MetLife Employee

What do you like about working at MetLife?

"This company had a great support system for sales staff, excellent advancement and education for field sales team. Enjoyed working with this company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be open and present yourself honestly. If you are a good fit it will show for both you and the company."

Senior Financial Analyst

"METLIFE has good growth opportunity, however it became an unstable place to work due to restructuring."

Government Insurer

"Review based upon Metlife purchasing First Horizon."

What do you like about working at MetLife?

"They are open to balance work and personal life and make positive changes from First Horizon Home Loans."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Metlife has purchased First Horizon and is going through some major changes for the better, be open minded to changes."

What don't you like about working at MetLife?

"First Horizon was unethical. Metlife noticed and started making changes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I suggest that First Horizon's management become more competent and keep staff motivated. Metlife should replace management."

MetLife Reviews FAQs

Is MetLife a good company to work for?

MetLife has an overall rating of 3.9 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 168 MetLife Review Ratings left anonymously by MetLife employees, which is equal to the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 93% of employees would recommend working at MetLife.

Does MetLife pay their employees well?

MetLife employees earn $51,000 annually on average, or $25 per hour, which is 23% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 43 MetLife employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find MetLife Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at MetLife?

93% of employees would recommend working at MetLife with the overall rating of 3.9 out of 5. Employees also rated MetLife 3.8 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.8 for Rewards You Receive, 3.5 for Growth Opportunities and 3.8 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at MetLife?

According to our data, the highest paying job at MetLife is a COO at $250,000 annually. Browse MetLife Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at MetLife?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at MetLife is a STD Case Management Specialist at $15,000 annually. Browse MetLife Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at MetLife?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at MetLife to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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