Northwestern Mutual Reviews

I have been working at Northwestern Mutual full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The culture is great! Love the opportunities that I have had with this company. I have had an opportunity to grow in knowledge and experience. Great opportunities for self-improvement and gaining knowledge of the Financial Services Industry.

Cons – I really do not have any cons about this company. My only issue is that I have over an hour communte to work and do not get out of the office much.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Northwestern Mutual as an intern for less than a year

Pros – + Practical real world experience
+ Great staff
+ great company
+Good people

Cons – - Lots of compitition
- Commision based

Advice to Senior Management – Keep doing what your doing it seems to be working.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Northwestern Mutual as an intern for more than a year

Pros – 1. Compensation
2. Great overall company
3. Learned a ton about sales and insurance
4. Met some great people who I still keep in contact with

Cons – 1. Tough to build a market as a young college kid, but all the resources were there to help me succeed
2. A lot of upfront costs

Advice to Senior Management – Give a small base salary to help recent college graduates get on their feet.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Northwestern Mutual full-time for less than a year

Pros – Limitless Potential, with a client first attitude. It truly is the #1 company if you do your research.

Cons – It takes determination, skill, and a never say die attitude. Some people just don't have all the right attributes to make it.

Advice to Senior Management – Emphasize the need for new reps to be smart with their money. I see guys go and blow all they have and then have a bad month and can't pay bills.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Northwestern Mutual as an intern for less than a year

Pros – - Intense training
- They pay for you to get your insurance license, which you can use to work for any insurance company
- They teach you all the skills you need to be successful
- Great potential to earn a lot of money
- Treated like a full-time rep; are able to truly see if this is the career for you

Cons – - I was mislead on the difficulty of prospecting/finding leads
- Was told I would be given a list of potential clients, but was not & had to resort to cold calling
- Long sales cycle
- You're selling life insurance :-/

Advice to Senior Management – Give more realistic view of how you will do during the internship. Training is a bit overwhelming (too much information too fast)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Northwestern Mutual as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Run your own business, make a lot of commission, no ceiling on earnings, great sales training, ability to make your own schedule

Cons – Very difficult to make it to the point where you are considered successful, long hours, lots of daily travel to meetings, work tends to take over your entire life.

Advice to Senior Management – Just keep supporting people new to the business and instill faith in the work we do.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Northwestern Mutual full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – There are to many to name. You will make some money.

Cons – No salary
Health care cost alot

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Northwestern Mutual full-time for less than a year

Pros – Independence, flexibility, potential for high income

Cons – Difficult to develop clientele with headwinds from internet sales

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Northwestern Mutual as an intern for less than a year

Pros – very flexible, own boss, engaging leadership, friendly work enviornment. good internship, get to obtain insurance license after taking test and class. good expirence, looks great on resume. top 10 internship rated by Forbes.

Cons – "quanity over quality" of interns was a real insult to me. expect you to establish own client-tell. with no client building resources provided (ie prospect pros, even a phonebook), this means ask your family and friends. pretty low.

Advice to Senior Management – Would be much better internship if prospecting resources were provided to interns.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Northwestern Mutual full-time for more than a year

Pros – Solid products and services offered that can compete with many financial advising firms and other top notch insurance companies. Broad resource base for those interested in exploring "LINKNET"

Cons – "Man behind the curtain mentality" - where anything that goes wrong is blamed on the "home office" in Milwaukee. Not a lot of upward mobility as an associate. Limited continuing eduction support (i.e. not allowed to list credentials of CFA, CIMA or other designation if it is not on the "approved list"), too competitive on the numbers/performance metrics where advisors are not always motivated to help one another because they want their "lives, GDCs, and renewals" to stay above the peers, too conservative of a company in all aspects - works well for policy owners, but not competitive from a software/technology perspective

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company