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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 Seguros industry (3.6 stars).

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      6K reviews
      1.0
      May 27, 2017

      Cost Cutting in the Cary Office

      It director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Love the glass windows on any floor above the 2nd floor facing the parking deck

      Cons

      Where did the paper go? For the last 3 to 4 weeks it is next to impossible to find paper for the printers in Met01 Building. The consultants leave the printers empty. I have to go to steal paper from printers on other floors to print my documents. It is bad enough, the flow of employees resigning; but the company does not have the cash for printers?

      3.0
      Dec 4, 2015

      Old fashioned culture

      Software development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great new campus, great people, some interesting challenging projects. Salary at market level, annual bonus. A lot of open positions, pretty easy to convert from a consultant to an employee.

      Cons

      Hard to get a promotion based on merit and performance, all jobs are given to old-timers. Most of the managers spent their entire careers ate MetLife, never saw anything else and are unable and unwilling to drive change. Very little attention to the development processes and tools, all energy goes into managing projects and budgets. The development tools are mediocre, no tracking of enhancements, defects, tests cases. No real quality assurance. Business controls all aspects of application development without understanding what development means. The team work is not encouraged or valued, all rewards and evaluations are done individually and usually the worst team players get the most praise. The senior management seems ok and are definitely trying to do the right thing but it can't be done without massive cultural change that will focus on team work and modern development principles.

      3.0
      Dec 11, 2014

      Mixed Bag

      Internal wholesaler
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      In 2013 MetLife consolidated it’s retail operations from NJ, Conn, and Cali into Charlotte NC. A headhunter convinced me to talk to the hiring managers. The recruiting pitch was simple. Build a fortune 500 company back to prominence. Be apart of something unique after all how many times do you get to build a large company from scratch back up. Second rebuild the culture. Third movement within the company and pay raises should come after 12 months. Lastly, open communication between management and staff. That attitude lasted 6 months. After that it was time to go back to what was being done before. sit down do your work don’t ask questions, the promotions and pay raises have been freeze due to lack of budget. Which is due to lack of sales. Don’t get me wrong the potential is still there but the reality is they over hired and hired over qualified people for positions and over promised the potential. What you have now is unsatisfied staff and an under preforming company. If you are patient and network really well all will be fine. If not, you better love your job and be the type to never ask questions.

      Cons

      Culture, no communication between staff and managers. Over promise under deliver.

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