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
5.0
Mar 27, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

After 32 years with this company, every promise I have made to a client has been kept by this company, including some disability claims that I think many other companies would have disputed or even denied. Also, every promise made to me by management has been kept in full. I love the fact that I am (1) helping people, (2) independent in running my practice, (3) very well compensated, and (4) always on the learning curve getting better at what I do every year.

Cons

New agents learn a great deal about process and accountability, but they could use some additional initial training in our products and how to best apply them in real life situations. The company's encouagement of joint work with veteran reps. is a good start in this direction, but more pre-contract product training is needed.

3.0
Mar 23, 2010

OK

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance, regional office environment much better than home office. People care about making a difference. Stable company.

Cons

Promotions are hard to come by. It's all about whether your manager likes you or not if you want to be promoted, more about qualitative than quantitative factors. Milwaukee is a negative as well.

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