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      MetLife

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      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

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      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 Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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      6K reviews
      2.0
      Feb 19, 2018

      Chaos (Cary, NC)

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Great facility 2. Potential for parallel growth opportunities

      Cons

      1. Over outsourced - Indian companies are chock-holding Metlife 2. Low quality work for cheap price - in-experienced and poor quality of work from some of the major Indian companies. Lower management ask for quality, however upper management has signed contract for cheap labor in India with no idea about the quality outcome. 3. Each department is like an island. No centralized IT process, other than help desk. 4. There no such thing as lunch. Meetings held over lunch with no lunch provided.

      1.0
      Oct 12, 2017

      Not Recommended

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Apparently, Metlife is a great place to work, as long as you're not in the GTO in Cary. Coworkers are great.

      Cons

      Too many to name, but here are a few for starters: Bait and switch upon hire Management that does not support you Culture of blame Not enough communication about your job - you learn as you go to your detriment Management does not listen, although there is a great pretense at doing so with surveys that don't reflect real concerns FTEs all but disappeared. Great for contractors and visa holders, however If you're not strictly Tech, (marketing, analyst, PM) look somewhere else because you will not be valued

      3.0
      Mar 18, 2019

      You can't escape your rank

      Process improvement analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work/life balance is incredible. People treat you like an adult. Meaning, if you have to go to a personal appointment mid-day no one harasses you about it or demands to know where you'll be and when you'll return. No one is clocking your in and out time each day either. The end of year bonus (in March) is great and only gets better the higher your rank. People are generally wonderful to work with and helpful.

      Cons

      If you are brought in at a lower pay grade you can't outwork it and move up faster. You're stuck. Even if you perform two or three levels above what you're paid they won't correct their mistake. You HAVE to leave. Also there is a huge sense of "not my problem" that exists in every department. People don't want to take responsibility for anything, which means there are a couple people (you'll find each other quickly) who end up doing more than anyone else. Also to get promoted you have to be incredibly nice and completely ineffective. They hate direct, honest people.

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