Northwestern Mutual reviews

4.0

72% would recommend to a friend

(8,250 total reviews)

Timothy J. Gerend

95% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Northwestern Mutual has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,250 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Northwestern Mutual employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.8 stars).

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8K reviews
3.0
Aug 20, 2010
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

You are pretty much your own business owner. You make the hours and days you want to work and no one says anything as long as you produce. It can be very lucrative if you are good at selling and can get by on very little for 5 years.

Cons

It's 100% commissioned based. You need to know rich people that will change life insurance policies to you. Need to sell whole life because you won't make anything decent off of the term policies.

5.0
Aug 17, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company products provide real value to the people that pay for them. Sales people that can sell stay. They earn solid six figure incomes. I live in a small mountain west towne. Hours are flexable. The work is family friendly. The company has good IT support. The knowedge base of the company employees is competitive advantage.

Cons

Not everyone can survive the market place. Cash flow can be a problem. The sales process has a long time frame. Weeks in ideal sales, years in others. The learning curve is long and steep. The first few years are brutal.

4.0
Aug 13, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The income potential is what you make of it. Their is a lot of flexability, you can get the job done however you want, as long as you do the activity required.

Cons

You must be willing to work very hard to be able to be successful. You will be challenging yourself, this is not easy. If you are not able to ask for introductions to new people, build relationships, maintain self-discipline, and call people on the phone to set appointments you will fail.

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