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      Northwestern Mutual

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      Northwestern Mutual reviews

      4.0

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (8,253 total reviews)

      Timothy J. Gerend

      95% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Senior management

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      Northwestern Mutual has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,253 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Northwestern Mutual employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.8 stars).

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      8K reviews
      3.0
      Oct 31, 2010

      Good company, strong reviews

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good information sharing and also recognition when you do a good job. Comprehensive process that covers most all possible insurance needs

      Cons

      If you don't go full-time its a waste because they keep the business and over 2/3 don't make it full-time.

      5.0
      Oct 30, 2010

      good

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good support from managers and mentors

      Cons

      If you can't network, don't try this job. Must have the ability to close deals. Oh and you better believe in whole life insurance cause thats just about the only product NML has that is competitive.

      3.0
      Oct 25, 2010

      Northwestern Mutual is known for one product

      Financial representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Northwestern Mutual is a great place to learn about what it takes to sell life insurance. Training starts of well and most people are friendly and helpful. I worked there for two years. If you like what you do AND you do what management tells you to do everyday you can be very successful in this business.

      Cons

      At Northwestern Mutual you are not on the path to be a well rounded financial advisor, you are a seller of their Whole Life insurance and only do investments if the client expects it. otherwise its a hassle and management will frown on you not focusing on life insurance. Nearly all of Northwestern Mutual in the sales/mgr field will try to turn everyones situation into one that can be solved with Whole Life insurance no matter where they are in life. Most educated certified financial planners only recommend whole life in certain isolated situations not around every corner. After your first year most of your training will be how to sell Whole Life. I don't think Whole Life is all that bad its just not the answer to everything.

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