Northwestern Mutual reviews

4.0

72% would recommend to a friend

(8,252 total reviews)

Timothy J. Gerend

95% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Northwestern Mutual has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,252 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
2.0
Oct 19, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Unlimited income potential Direct correlation between work put in and income received On-the-job, free training and education Good support structure

Cons

No salary, all commission No benefits Many company expenses including office space, phoneline, internet, copies (all of which you are responsible) Very challenging market currently to sell in Dealing with rejection all day

3.0
Oct 13, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You set your own calender, so the days are basically yours. The harder you work, the more money you make.

Cons

It's all compensation, so if your aren't good, you live off of nothing. A lot of the applications take weeks to fill out and get paid on.

5.0
Oct 12, 2010

Unlimited Opportunity

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I have worked with the Northwestern for 5 years and I find the work challenging and very rewarding. Often times individuals are not recognized or given the ability to make their own career path, but here you are given that ability. For the right person this is an unbelievably rewarding career, both finanically and personally. You do have to work harder in the beginning but that is what makes it more rewarding than other opportunities out there. Stick with it in the early years and seek out peers and leaders to lean on when you need to.

Cons

I would say that a lot of comments I read about Cons are because the person is probably not a good fit. You really have to make sure you can work hard at this.

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