Is MetLife a good company to work for?

MetLife has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 8,260 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 67% of employees would recommend working at MetLife to a friend and 67% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about MetLife have been left by employees working as Internship , Actuarial Intern and Intern .

Does MetLife pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MetLife employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MetLife. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MetLife?

67% of MetLife employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MetLife 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MetLife?

Director (136) , Manager (116) , Assistant Manager (113) , Financial Services Representative (108) , Senior Associate (82) , Project Manager (80) , Business Analyst (78) , Customer Service Representative (73) , Financial Advisor (73) , Intern (66) , Estagiário (65) , Claims Adjuster (54) , Consultant (54) , Team Leader (54) , Analyst (51)

What are the pros of working at MetLife according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great and the retirement and matching 401K are excellent." ((in 735 reviews)); "2) Good work life balance...Except the last couple of weeks leading to a release." ((in 543 reviews)); "until it changed and thought they are a mature player in the uk market; personal development; great people; international network" ((in 397 reviews)); "Flexible and good culture." ((in 218 reviews)); "Pay was good and great" ((in 211 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MetLife according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and could not keep up with regulation changes" ((in 266 reviews)); "Unlike other companies a bonus at MetLife is part of your pay (because the salaries are low) so you count on those dollars." ((in 188 reviews)); "Toxic work environments bad managers still in payroll" ((in 120 reviews)); "poor leadership and future vision of company missing" ((in 83 reviews)); "Bad upper management who allow bad employees to have have free reign and create tension in the work environment." ((in 70 reviews))

What are employees saying about MetLife layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about MetLife layoffs and their outlook for job security at MetLife in 2026.

What MetLife locations have received the highest employee ratings?

San Francisco , Wilmington , Whippany , Freeport , Utica , Austin , Jacksonville , Newark , Hartford , Providence

MetLife reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(6,428 total reviews)

Michel Khalaf

82% approve of CEO

67% 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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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

2.0

Apr 14, 2009

My Life at MetLife

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits. MetLife has a retirement plan that is vested in 3 years. The medical, vacation and 401K matching is all great. They also have generous packages when they layoff!

Cons

The senior management is in disconnect with its employees. Very weak in execution of any strategy, the execution is not thought thru. There is lot of reversing decisions that unsettles the rank and file. My experience is in IT and we have had situations where senior management has made some decisions that people find it difficult (or impossible!) to implement. The focus seems to be on cutting costs without realizing long term implications.

3.0

Apr 4, 2009

Once a great company to work for

manager - applications development

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are good. Flex time

Cons

Opportunities are advertised but politics drives who gets what jobs, even lateral moves. Management looks for ees to manage their own development. Often ees don't know the direction of senior management which makes self manangment of your skillset difficult. Company has taken a turn for the worse in regards to management / subordinate relationship, since going public. Morale seems very low

2.0

Mar 23, 2009

Decent starting place but thats it

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The offices and locations are beautiful as to promote the MetLife image. Most are in high rise buildings in major metropolitan areas. Benefits are also pretty good. There is a variety of packages to choose from and this is one of the only companies where an admin person can get a pension. They also offer a Roth 401K which is few and far between. Most of the managers are purely promoted sales people that have no personal and human interest in the lives of the employees. They want you to make money and then make more money. They pretend to have interest in the lives of the employees but in reality they only care about numbers and hitting the conferences.They will promote anyone to "Director" but these "directors" only make about $40,000/yr. Far from the typical director salary.

Cons

In the P&C segment, pay is below the industry standard. The bonus program is a joke. It is presetned as being performance based but in reality it is design for a manager to reward their own. I can attest that cronyism is alive and well at Met. There was a push a few years ago to bring more African Americans on bored as a result of a lawsuit, but now its back to the "Good Ole Boy" network. By all counts the minority pay is below that of the counter parts. In the event you desire to return to the 1960's, then apply at MetLife.

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