Choose your firm/branch wisely - Financial Services Representative MetLife Employee Review

3.0
11 Mar 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Metlife is one is the strongest insurance company out there that offers a wide range of products for its sales force. Its whole life life insurance, and annuities products are a couple of the best selling products with competitive pricing. As a financial service rep you will also receive significant trainings on the job, and the company cover all costs for 2 and a half years while you develop the client base. The pay scale and benefits I believe is slightly higher than its competitors, but only if you are a top producer. Overall, it is a great company to work for if you are an outgoing person with interpersonal and sales skills. Your compensation is technically unlimited if you are a top producer.

Cons

However, do choose your firm/branch wisely, because all firms/branches are managed separately by their own Managing Director. Some MDs only cares about production and nothing else, so make sure you speak to the MDs and get a feeling of how the branch is run before accepting an offer. Most MDs do not have advanced degrees. They merely had great production as a producer and eventually received the promotion to agency sales directors then to MDs. These people do not have the management skills. They don't care about their producers. All they care is the production that you are bringing in. Turnover rate is very high in this industry since most people can't survive after a while.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Good support for new people managers were very helpful and always available

Cons

Micromanage every second of your time; have to put in a request to go to the bathroom and wait for someone to grant it Expect you to put exceptions to your time after your shift ends on your own time Half hour lunch by the time I brought my lunch or heated my leftovers and went to the bathroom. I barely had time to wolf it down. Unrealistic call times Systems are horrible and crashing all the time expect you to be in at least 15 minutes before your shift unpaid to set up all the programs on your computer

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