MetLife reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(826 total reviews)
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Michel Khalaf

83% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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4.0
Nov 30, 2017

Good place for a career

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Pros

Co-workers were great-teamwork, mentoring, & social. Had numerous opportunities to take on special projects & assignments. The work was always interesting. My divisional management team, from senior level & downward, listened to the associates & encouraged open communication.

Cons

MetLife is a global corporation, sometimes it was overwhelming & many decisions were made that may have been good for business (profit) but not the associates. It resulted in many layoffs over the years.

2.0
Nov 21, 2017
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Pros

* Lots of energetic employees * Good health benefits * Decent PTO and retirement benefits * Rapidly expanding base in Raleigh-Durham

Cons

* Erratic recruiting practices: I saw a BA with 20 years' experience hired in an entry-level position, and a junior BA who I worked with previously (and functioned at the junior level) hired as a team lead * Middle management is relatively unskilled * Poor communication to "transitioned" employees: one NY employee on my team was preparing to relocate to Raleigh for the job, but his replacement had already started and no one communicated this to him * Change is preached, but inside, it's all silos and no one is open to transformation

2.0
Nov 17, 2017

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Pros

Smart people with various backgrounds. Innovative changes globally. Overall, respectful colleagues.

Cons

With so much change and innovation, leadership and strategic direction could be improved greatly - leads to inefficiencies, lack of collaboration, and miscommunication and painfully slow delivery of initiatives.

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