MetLife reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(6,429 total reviews)
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Michel Khalaf

82% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

MetLife has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,429 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 Seguros industry (3.6 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Jun 29, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

MetLife used to be a company that cared about it's employees and customers. There are few reasons to work for Met. The only reason would be a paycheck until you can find something better. They have decided that they can get things done cheaper over seas and they are outsourcing work out of the country. The people who stay are hoping for a buy out or are hanging on until retirement. They are staffing with temporary workers so they don't have to pay benefits. Only the people who have been there for a long time get the good benefits. Their goal is to staff service areas for the least possible amount of money. Therefore the service to customers stinks.

Cons

Mistreatment of employees and a total lack of regard for customers. MetLife used to stand for customer service. Now customers are treated as a bother. People who are still employed in the Call Center are not allowed to help customers. The directive is to get the person off the phone in the least amount of time. The groups that have been outsourced overseas have nice people who answer the phones but they are clueless on how to understand someones problem. They are also not understanable when they speak. Met would be very happy if no one called for service. They treat customers and employees as if they had no right to service.

4.0
Jun 17, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company offers room to grow and opportunities for professional development. The bonuses are nice, overall the company is well organized and has a solid infrastructure. They offer flex time and work from home opportunities.

Cons

The performance management process is brutal and does not always make sense; it pits associates at certain levels against each other for job ratings despite the fact that they work in different sites and their jobs may be very different. Every year you need to 'out do' yourself in accomplishments from the year before. The expecations from Mgt are that you will work weekends and nights to get the job done, at least at the level I was at. I got burned out, which is why I left.

3.0
Jun 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Benefits packages. Metlife does offer comprehensive benefits to its employees and if your a woman you do get a decent amount of time off if your pregnant. I'm a male so I don't get that same treatment, but you are able to carry over PTO days... up to 15 per year which is nice so you can schedule a longer vacation if you want to. Telecommuting is a nice option also.

Cons

Average pay starting out and a very complex salary grade system that doesn't really reward hard work. It seems that to make decent money you either have to get a great promotion or put in way too much time.

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