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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
      3.0
      Mar 15, 2009

      Okay to work for metlife, but sure there are better rewarding companies out there

      Systems analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work time. Good technology support to work from home and reliable technology to support off site work. Tuition reimbursement for higher studies(but its getting more stringent recently). Good health insurance coverages, Good size vacation days.

      Cons

      Lack of promotions, Lack of means to convert contribution to rewards. Poor employee management. No employee training efforts. Constantly changing ratings, review procedures. Looks like they dont have much handle on what they are doing. Lots of Focus on policy changes and less focus on results of those policy changes resulting in unstable and untrustable policy structure.

      4.0
      Mar 12, 2009

      Short Term

      Financial services
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great health benefits. Open door policy Competitive but not over competitive enviroment. Wealth of learning in the insurance and annuties industry. The company has taken numerous steps to ensure that it can meet all of its financial obligations. You will not see a situation like AIG here”No offense”. The company just moved to a new location, so there is a sense of excitement in the environment. You have numerous training opportunities, from toastmasters to other training programs that will prepare you for advancement or transition to another function area.

      Cons

      Starting salary to low. Pay scale after starting does not increase substantially.

      3.0
      Mar 10, 2009

      MetLife- it's OK.

      Architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent pay and good benefits. Prior to the last two waves of layoffs, it was not difficult to maintain a good work/life balance.

      Cons

      Information Technology is treated as an expense to be reduced, rather than a strategic asset to be developed. If you are a low to mid level developer, you will most likely be outsourced. MetLife was aggressively outsourcing IT jobs before the current economic crisis, and now the current crisis gives management the perfect opportunity to accelerate that trend. The current performance review system is a farce. Talented people, hard workers often get a mediocre rating simply due to the whim of a manager who may have never met the person or reviewed his or her work in detail.

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