Prudential reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(5,220 total reviews)
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64% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Prudential has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,220 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Prudential employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jan 25, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Ever since prudential took over the company there are no pros. Just squeezing every dime they can from agents to appease shareholders.

Cons

Most of your calls that come in are of the bait and switch variety. It doesnt matter what line you sell. People think they are getting free money from the government and youre supposed to switch to sell an insurance plan. Working here you put your license in jeopardy every single day. They constantly change the commission structure and probably should be reported to cms. There are minimums that insurance carriers have to pay and they come no where close. No renewals no pay by the number of people on a plan and you are paid a percentage of their rediculous calculations on commision. They recycle agents in this company like a funnel. The 2 and a half star rating is enough to tell you to stay away. Remember they will have their own employees write reviews that have them glowing so 2.5 is pretty telling after the actual reviews are posted. So if you want to work for a company that is basically all analytics to cheat you for their own gains then give them a shot. If youre new to the industry after working here you would probably not return to the industry. They also make it impossible to be released from the company. Classless organization.

1.0
Nov 6, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work from home is about the only good thing.

Cons

The company ruined a good thing by changing their pay structure. Agents get bogus unqualified transfers or misled seniors calling in asking for a $2000 check. If you don’t sell a plan to those bogus calls, it affects your pay. You end up getting $23 per policy if you don’t get any good calls. Good agents don’t even want to work anymore. Very disappointing. Was great before they wrecked it with this evq nonsense. Pay isn’t fair or exciting. They seem to be pinching Pennie’s and taking the agent’s milk money now. Reminds me of Health IQ before they crashed and burned. Not honorable, no support, tickets left unresolved, misleading advertising if any, pay is so bad it’s insulting. Worst pay structure I have ever seen in a Medicare brokerage.

2.0
Jun 12, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Prudential is a reputable old company with a great name. They have great benfits. If you can do well and survive the first 10 years in the business you will have a job for life. Commissions and bonuses are very generous. There is a reasonable amount of quality training. Alot of support and a great process models for conducting meetings with clients that if you follow will work. No ceiling on your success. You can have your own office in two years. Great rewards trips. A fair system if you are the right person.

Cons

There is virtually no marketing support (leads, prospects, etc). Do not go into this position if you do not have an extremely large book of clients (1000+) or contacts (1000+) to market to. This is not a position for people who do not know alot of of people. A few hundered contacts will not do. Cold prospecting in this business is virtually impossible so you must have money to spend on marketing or know alot of people. There are no other options for getting clients. Great business for ex- bankers, cpa's, attorneys, etc (people who know people). They lead you to believe that all you need is a list of 200 people (called a project 200) and you will sell to those people. After you get their business you will gets referrals and be done. This is not enough (just use your logic), and your direct supervisor's compensation is based on how many people he hires. Also for a sales job with no salary or support you are micro managed. Everyone has to report their numbers at the end of the week, and if they are not good you work Saturdays and Sundays. You will also be considered a terrible person, so everyone lies about their numbers and management pretends that the numbers are real so they begin to benchmark you on fake standards (viscious cycle). Alot of corporate non sense. The Pru model is 200 dials/week =60 contacts=15 appointments. Anyone in this industry knows 60 contacts does not = 15 appoiuntments unless is is your personal friends and family. If you ratios look different then you must be a terrible salesperson.

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