MetLife senior leadership feels that everyone is replaceable. No one should ever feel secure with this company. Transparency is a lie, and the powers that be avoid the truth..... plausible deniability. If they would learn to roll-up their sleeves... — read more
Troy, New York
1,400 positions (the entire building..all positions except hands on computer techs) in Troy, New York moving to Carey, NC. 1st round was notified last month. Employees are being told in 3 waves. Next wave will be informed in June and last wave in... — read more
IT Jobs Moving Out of Scranton PA (Clarks Summit) Q3/Q4 2018 through Q1 2019
Over the next year or so 200+ jobs are expected to be moving from Clarks Summit facility to the Cary NC campus. Currently about 410 employees are listed as working at Clarks Summit. The jobs are moving but not necessarily the people that are... — read more
MetLife Direct dome.
Almost 100 people laid off as a whole division was closed down. Informed 1/12/18 and effective 3/15/18.
MetLife to add 430 jobs at (move 430 jobs to) expanded Tampa campus
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/corporate/MetLife-to-add-430-jobs-at-expanded-Tampa-campus_162293040 https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2017/11/03/metlife-plans-to-add-430-high-wage-jobs-in-tampa.html... — read more
really hard (if not impossible) to advance
no way to get promoted or change departments to get higher pay even if you know all the systems and procedures required for the job... the recruitment team is looking to fill the spot based on keywords and specific degrees... even if you have a... — read more
Many things need fixing at MetLife
Sooooo many things wrong with MetLife right now... Working set hours is nice, but open work place not so much. You gotta be very careful how you use your PTO, because it's very limited and it includes both sick days and vacation. The ranking systems... — read more
Is anybody actually surprised by more layoffs?
Seriously people, if you are surprised by this, where have you been for the past several years? MetLife has made internal restructuring a regular thing. The company has been relocating and laying off people on regular bases for years, they just... — read more
Metlife / Bridgewater Layoffs
The Bridgewater layoffs started on Friday 11/3/2017 - many of us predict that there will be additional cuts in 2018...
Unrealistic goals set by MetLife management
Am I the only one who is sick and tired of them moving the goals higher up and adding these caveats that make sure you fail even when you somehow manage to reach the goal? This is affecting everybody, even the top sales reps. For example, the... — read more
61 jobs eliminated in Bloomfield effective 12/31/17
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/business/MetLife-Laying-Off-61-Employees-in-Bloomfield-454730313.html%3famp=y
MetLife Layoffs 2018
Another day, another surprise, there are folks that think that job reductions may happen in corporate in NYC.
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FACT
Finance reorganization and staffing adjustments coming soon.
Sad days
Actuarial Department continues to fire good people.
MetLife Lowered Its Headcount by 11,000 Last Year (2016) - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-01/metlife-headcount-drops-by-11-000-in-year-as-ceo-shifts-focus by Katherine Chiglinsky March 1, 2017, 1:31 PM EST MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, lowered its headcount by 11,000 last year... — read more
Much Ado About Nothing?
Why such scare tactics about headcount cuts and barely any appear to have happened?
Layoffs / Johnstown, PA
Has anyone heard that some in Johnstown, PA are visiting Charlotte in preparation for transfer of work and relocation? The Johnstown office has been open 40 years and there are always rumors it will close.
MetLife Layoffs 2017
Who is to blame at this point in time and you need to know that things can be better but people are talking about job cuts NYC.
How many people from Metlife got laid off in October
Please post estimates or facts as it relates to Metlfe 2016 layoffs
Metlife Open Enrollment
Will the open enrollment costs be higher this year due to all the cost cutting and the anticipated Obamacare increases?
Business As Usual
According to management it's business, hiring, and travel as usual and very few layoffs will take place in the company. Doesn't make sense what their saying in light of Mr. Kandarian's announcement?
Snoopie laid off
Sorry buddy... Hope the severance helps...
Layoffs started today in Auto and Home
Layoffs have started in Auto and Home departments. ...... They are to continue for a couple of days.....
Ax is swinging!
Look like the axe is swinging again on the Mass/Met Broker Dealer side.
No Major Staffing Changes?
Although it was made clear by the CEO that there would be cuts to headcount, management in some areas seems to be blowing off the message and taking the news very lightly and there have been several recent new hires? What gives?
MetLife Offers Staff Buyouts in Japan
MetLife Offers Staff Buyouts in Japan http://finance.yahoo.com/news/metlife-offers-staff-buyouts-japan-201041149.html
Hiring Freeze - Announcements from CEO Steve Kandarian and EVP Marty Lippert on Tue/Wed Sep 13/14 2016
Employee hiring freeze (no open positions to be filled) and consulting hiring freeze (no new consulting engagements) through at least the rest of 2016. Also, severely restricted travel expenditures for at least the rest of 2016.
106 people laid off in Charlotte
And the ax is still swinging! Smh...
68% percent of cuts coming from GTO
Marrty Lippert (CTO) said 68% of the 1 Billion dollar in cuts are coming from GTO. This was the answer he gave when asked where the cuts were coming from.
MetLife Auto & Home
MLAH management scheduled a conference call for Sept. 7th, to discuss "updates" in our division. Has anybody heard anything about any layoffs?
there are more important things than money
just getting out of 4 heart bypass 3 weeks ago, i woke up and smelled the coffee at 63,theres no reason to work yourself to death over 401 s and big savings.my problem was hereditary.but now I realize lifes not about fancy cars and big houses,love... — read more
Retail Life Layoffs
I heard that there were layoffs in Retail Life - I used to work there and I know many amazing people over there. It's so sad that they have to go through this as it was one of the best and most talented groups of people I ever worked with. It looks... — read more
Mt. Prospect/Aurora, IL - layoffs and future layoff to come............
The Mt. Prospect ,IL office will lay off all their FMLA Leave Coordinators as Sept 15, 2016. The STD and LTD products line will move to Aurora, IL as of Oct 24, 2016. Also all Mt. Prospect accounts that's associated with FMLA (with the exception of 1... — read more
I was laid off by MetLife almost 5 years ago in Fl.
I was 9 years away from retirement and 2 weeks from my 15 year anniversary. We found out that our depth was sacrificed to keep a dept in Connecticut operational. They were next on the chopping block but some big wig went to bat for them and they... — read more
So Much Better
They already got rid of a good chunk of Met by selling us to MassMutual. Their "so much better" technology is actually worse than Met's when I started almost 12 years ago, not to mention they still us a system from like 20 years ago to key some of... — read more
Tampa Layoffs
Does anyone know what groups and how much Tampa will be affected by layoffs