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 Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Mar 20, 2018

MetLife Galway HR team needs a reality check...

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Pros

-- Great brand, company and overall culture -- Some super people -- Great benefits

Cons

-- Teams/functions work in silos -- Slow to move... bureaucracy everywhere

1.0
Dec 29, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Honestly, these were few and far between Package is comparable to other competitors

Cons

Toxic work environment Out of date software No development No interest in employee development from management Management regularly give out about fellow managment/senior members to more junior staff (behind their back of course - it's a cowards playground) There is no culture - there is no interest in fostering one either Bad language - often heard management use foul language in general discussion with junior staff - it's so unprofessional

2.0
Mar 20, 2020

Not recommended

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Pros

People we work with When allowed generally staff get along and do there best Learn a lot about older technologies We all try to help each other in difficult technology areas.

Cons

Job is sold as innovative and embracing new methodologies but haven't seen that. We work on a lot of old AS400 and Cobol. Even the teams developing new things, do more generic than being able to get there skills out there. No desire to want to move forward. The company surveys are bad every year and the executives don't seem to want to change anything, they don't see it as there issues, a desire to want to push it down making the directors busier and they all seem stressed. I've heard that not to rock the boat or go to HR about complaints as this isn't wanted and you get asked not to speakout. We are all encouraged to fit a mould of personality so as not to be noticed for being different. No one is sure why directors have left and now all female leadership has gone, HR informed su when asked why they left, women sometimes choose family and children over careers. This wasn't received well as I don't think that was the plan for either of them, but I don't know them well. We lost the leaders that were hard but fair on us. They took the time out to also talk to us and try to help us succeed but they expected us to deliver. I don't believe there is much opportunity for career progression here our job is keep the lights on.

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