New York Life Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Running your own business. Straight commission."

What do you like about working at New York Life?

"Flexible hours, 3 year learning program, and supportive coworkers."

What don't you like about working at New York Life?

"Flexible hours can turn into working all of the time, no salary so little financial security, and an unreliable manager."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't try to deceive your employees in hopes of a short term gain in numbers (this suggestion goes to my manager, because the rest of the managers get only positive reviews)."

"Relocation to Wisconsin."

What do you like about working at New York Life?

"Very professional atmosphere that demanded the best from everyone."

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

"Make the choice and then apply yourself."

What don't you like about working at New York Life?

"Nothing at all."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work."

What do you like about working at New York Life?

"Again, the people and management were great. It is a stable company, the training is continual, above and beyond ANY company in their industry."

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

"Have a lot of money saved up."

What don't you like about working at New York Life?

"Cold calling, unless you were ingrained into the community, difficult and expensive to get started."

"A change in upper management, caused change in rules, caused change in management opportunity"

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

"Review the turn over ration of agents and management."

What don't you like about working at New York Life?

"Turnover in management causes chaos."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look at cause and effect and allow time to adjust to new reules."

What do you like about working at New York Life?

"Great work environment, great resources available."

What don't you like about working at New York Life?

"No room to advance my business. Only stuck to one form of insurance which was not helping me."

"Really good income and a good place to work."

What do you like about working at New York Life?

"Independence, belief in the products."

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

"Excellent opportunity for the right person. It is not a job for everyone."

What don't you like about working at New York Life?

"Cancellation of in-house health and disability products. Abuse from unethical agents lead to unmanageable regulations and controls."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep on trucking."

"Great experience."

What do you like about working at New York Life?

"Meeting new people."

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

"Ask lots questions."

What don't you like about working at New York Life?

"The charge backs."

"Perhaps the 2nd best job I had, one of my proudest achievements."

What do you like about working at New York Life?

"This particular office, I was one of the originals that built this specialize office of New York Life from the ground up. I loved the challange of creating various departments, including my own, and working with all the departments in the company. It gave me a stronger sense of business and how technology can support and enhance the actual business."

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

"One of the best things I like about this company is that if you do what you are hired to do and nothing else, you will get a decent raise, based on your performance but you will not get a promotion unless you do more and demostrate that you are capable of doing more. Thus, this company motivates employees to grow and develop."

What don't you like about working at New York Life?

"Office Politics existed (like perhaps all companies) but not as bad as other places. It did not affect me because I was one of the originals."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Cross-training. Many businesses have various departments and each department do not know about the other and how they are related and how they actually work together. When an employee does not have a sense of The Big Picture it can make an employee stale but when the employee understands this, it creates a sense of team and increases the productivity of the employee."

"Very enjoyable place for a driven person."

"Very fun and super fast environment in which making money and helping people came in hand."

What do you like about working at New York Life?

"It made me the person who I am today, by teaching me strengths in myself to step my work up."

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

"Be very professional since they are ultra exclusive and careful about their selections when it comes to hiring."

What do you like about working at New York Life?

"Fun environment."

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

"Great opportunity."

What don't you like about working at New York Life?

"All commissions!"

What do you like about working at New York Life?

"The people, the training, the company reputation (there is a reason why New York Life has been around for more than 160), the products."

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

"Be sure you are not only ready but also willing to do what it takes to run your own business."

What do you like about working at New York Life?

"Independent spirit and the ability to grow your own business and sales team."

What don't you like about working at New York Life?

"High turnover rate and lack of success for new hires."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A better compensation plan for new agents to help them establish their business."