Insurance Specialist - Communications Specialist MassMutual Employee Review

3.0
May 13, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fantastic training! Brought in many trainers (one for each product line) on a regular basis as well as overall sales training. Generous marketing materials. Good sales support.

Cons

While I liked that they didn't pressure you to make a sales quota, that allowed people to hang in there a long time with zero production. Other similar companies would cut you loose after 3 months, but MM did not. Might sound good, but they didn't drive you enough. While it's great that they give you a really long opportunity to start producing (100% commission, so you're not earning anything while learning and not producing), I felt a definite lack of drive among the new sales people. Industry requires a lot of evenings and weekends to be successful. You get out what you put in. A new practice will require about 60 hrs/week to really get started. However, the financial rewards are there is you work hard.

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