Try another firm - Anonymous employee MassMutual Employee Review

2.0
13 Mar 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of freedom to set your own schedule. You are your own boss so you decide how your days are structured.

Cons

Lots of expenses. E&O premium - $70 biweekly. Office space - $50/month. Technology fee - $15/month. So before any taxes that's approximately $205/ month right back to the company out of your paycheck. Makes it difficult for new agents to get started. Just to put that into perspective, other similar companies have E&O premium for roughly $100-$150/ YEAR. Mass is $140/MONTH. Take into account you have a 1099 contract and tax time will not be fun. New agents basically have to know people with money to succeed here regardless of what they tell you. Every person I talked to who was successful here had a huge pipeline of people with money to call right out of the gate when they started and they don't even realize that most people don't because they've had money their whole life. Bottom line, the expenses are ridiculous and you can be a lot more successful with another firm.

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Cons

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