MassMutual reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(2,385 total reviews)
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Roger W. Crandall

72% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

MassMutual has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,385 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MassMutual employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews
4.0
Nov 1, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Senior managememt really cares about you and wants you to succeed. Excellent training, mentoring programs, competitive commision structure, could be a great career for someone who is good at building a book of business. Solid and stable company. Great people to work with. Everyone is really geniune and knowlegable. Very professional work setting.

Cons

Tough industry, have to be good at prospecting, no base salary, have to pay for your own marketing, turn over high.

3.0
Oct 29, 2012

Good career agent model

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good products, training, resources & internal specialists w/in office all depends on office you belong to.

Cons

100% commission structure is tough. Make sure you screen potential manager carefully if new to business.

4.0
Oct 13, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great compensation, benefits and retirement opportunities to agents who are serious about succeeding. Superior permanent Life products that are tops in industry. Well known brand that is conservative in a time when conservative means much to consumers. This company is there to support you if you understand the idea of "What you put in is what you get out".

Cons

Products outside permanent life products such as annuities need revamping to get more competitive with industry. The broker dealer needs to get in line with it's view on production as other top B.D's, not limiting Advisers in areas that other top B.D's approve of. Management is only as good as the General Agent at the helm of the agency. A compensation structure based solely on commission does not address separate motivational factors and therefore, commission alone will not adequately motivate nor retain a sales force. When there is obvious examples of sarcasm, lack of a serious attitude, as well as a rather negative environment, this can be quite difficult in a career position as a sales professional that is already extremely difficult. This only creates a real and perceived distance between yourself and most team members, as witnessed by a needlessly excessive personnel turnover of higher producing agents, especially when it’s done on the heels of a preference for weak candidates. “Salespeople Don't Quit Companies, They Leave Managers.”

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