#vaguefeedback

I haven't been promoted in the four years I've been here, I have a medical treatment being paid for by insurance that I need to stay on for now. I see low upward mobility is often mentioned as a negative of working at MetLife, and the feedback I get seems vague, for things that can't be measured concretely. They're all related to not influencing others or being proactive enough in socializing. FWIW, I am not looking to get into management and want to rank up as an IC.

I do like the people here and work life balance is great. The work is not challenging at all, and the benefits are also nice. I don't want to leave but I'm relatively early in my career and am afraid it'll hurt me in the long run if I stay here too long at the same level. I'm wondering whether I should get out once my medical treatment finishes, or whether there's a recommended number of years I should stay before trying to look for a new job.

During the summer of 2026, the org I’m in announced there will be a reorg with some job reductions. No specific number of roles, no criteria for what roles stay, no indication of what the org would look like, no timeline. The SVP says they are not even directly involved in discussions about the future org. It feels like they either don’t know what their doing or theyre intentionally being as vague as possible. What is going on? Are they trying to get people to leave? Are they incompetent? How is this acceptable?

I received several formal recognition letters and awards from management and then somehow dropped all the way to NI a place I have never been even close to. Manager couldn’t explain any reasons why.

Just curious. Has everyone heard this every year since they started? Why do they even say it? Where are the not em very competitive rank groups?

Nice. Had my feedback session today and was told that I am a really great employee but my supervisor couldn’t overcome some negative perceptions about me that the assessment group had. Said I need to work on my perception this year to get the credit I deserve. What does that even mean? On one hand I am told I am doing great but then that I won’t be rewarded for it because people can’t see it and I am not visible enough?

Over the last few months work has become exhausting in a way I truly didn’t expect. I keep getting called into discussions with no warning about what they’re for, and by the time I sit down I already feel behind because everyone else seems prepared except me.

A few comments from coworkers have stuck with me too. Being told people find me difficult has made me second guess every interaction, even though I’m trying to stay professional and focused on my work. The worst part is being blamed for mistakes that I can clearly show weren’t mine. Constantly defending yourself takes a toll after a while.

Once you're on it, you already know how it ends. I really hope no one is fooling themselves into thinking they can fight it.

I can't afford to be laid off so I'm doing all I can to improve myself, but the feedback I get changes depending on who I talk to or even what day it is. Something that’s fine one week suddenly isn’t the next. It makes it really hard to know where I stand. I feel like I’m constantly adjusting without ever actually feeling confident in what I’m doing. This is just worsening my anxiety, to say the least.

I was just thinking about this, the feedback I got for the last review was so vague it's meaningless. What's the point of it? I know I'm not the only one with this issue.

Received my annual review, rated a 2 with no concrete examples of why just comments about working partners provided great feedback but leadership felt differently. Was this a surprise? In the sense that I received feedback randomly less than 5 times during the year with no formal feedback during 1:1s (if I had them), yes. In the sense that I expected no less from my leadership team, nope. So definitely thinking I’m a future list as I specifically asked if I was going on a formal CAP and was told no that we’ll talk again in a few days to make a plan for 2026. Sigh. Just needed to “vent”.

Employee with 20+ years
Currently with Optum

Seeing lots of corporate level posts but what about the situation at your station? All quiet at mine so far (being vague in case Sonny Boy is lurking here).