Pros
Make your own schedule and extensive training
Cons
Working at Northwestern Mutual was the biggest mistake of my life. I joined the company with hopes of creating a career for myself where I could determine my own schedule and be my own boss. I couldnt have been more wrong. To start, they force you to call all of your friends and family and be vague about wanting to meet with them. If they agree to it, they train you to use high pressure sales tactics to paint a picture of the worst possible scenario that could happen to them (if you want to sell a lot of disability or life insurance, they want you to to sell a lot of disability or life insurance, they want you to make the client afraid of death or disability). If they disagree and say they dont need insurance, you are trained to essentially insult the client and say that they dont love their family if they dont buy from you. I lost many friends because of this and it made many family gatherings extremely awkward. Even if you can get a large number of your friends and family to buy insurance, they set such high production requirements that they essentially try to remove you from the business in 1 year. But why would a company try to have such high turnover But why would a company try to have such high turnover around the 1 year mark? Because Northwestern Mutual is essentially an elegant pyramid scheme. They bring you in, screw you over, and take all of the phone numbers from you when you leave so they can harass your friends and family even after you've left. On top of that, the way you are paid for selling an insurance policy is they give and family even after you've left. On top of that, the way you are paid for selling an insurance policy is they give you the full 13 months premium payments from the sale and if that client decides to cancel or cannot afford the premiums anymore, guess who forks up the bill? YOU DO! I left the company 6 months ago and have paid them over $13,000 through mafia like extortion tactics that they use. They dont explain why you owe them more money, they just send you a bill and deduct absurd amounts of money from your savings. They assume that it is the reps fault that some one would cancel but they is the reps fault that some one would cancel but they dont take into account events like covid putting pressure on clients to pay high rates for something they cant afford. The managing partners at each office is set because they are the top of the pyramid scheme while they destroy all the people coming in that are new to the they destroy all the people coming in that are new to the business. I followed every training action they told me to do and I was treading water from day one. They promised that it would get better if i kept calling more and more people i knew, but it never did. If anyone is reading this and is considering working for Northwestern Mutual, DONT! If you know anyone considering working here, please show them this and warn them. The Northwestern Mafia will drain and beat you down all so the Mob boss (managing partner) can add another 0 to his income.