Seems jobs are all going to India offshore team
No year end cool down time
In my previous company no one used to work last 2 week of December other than admin activities so employees can reset, spend some time with family and re- energize for new year. But here at Metlife looks like we need to work until Last day of the... — read more
Sounds familiar
While wages have increased for upper-class individuals to match inflation, the same wage increases weren’t always found for the middle class. A majority of middle class households (75%) feel that inflation is growing at a rate faster than their... — read more
LTL - October
Would someone please post if anything comes out of the LTL? I can't bear to watch these things anymore. Just the highlights and any announcements would be nice.
Officer Life
I once worked for a Met officer that told me they were too busy to read emails, answer their phone, or attend meetings they scheduled. They "forgot" their instant messager password and for over a year claimed to not know the help center number to get... — read more
Do this! Do This! Did You Do This? Have You Done This Yet?
Bullying. Peer Pressure. Propaganda. Do MyPath Contribute to PAC Do MyLearning Do MyVoice Survey Take Diversity Pledge Reach out to Your Co Workers You know were so great -- right -- blah -- blah I get to hear it all from global... — read more
MyVoice
Who’s participating?
MyVoice
Are ya’ll going to be screaming again this year via MyVoice to a bunch of deaf, d-mb and blind executive management? Ask yourselves, has your voice ever been heard? All I want is to be paid market rate and based on what’s out there, that would be... — read more
Stop asking me for PAC money
You didn't even give raises to match inflation and now you want me to give you money back to lobby politicians? Stick it where the sun doesn't shine, MK. I'd rather spend that money on union dues than Met's political pet projects.
Over worked
My senior is smartly trying to push all the work on me and even counting on the time I should spend on each task and asking to assign more work to me as the already assigned work should not take much time as per her/him. What should I do? I am new... — read more
Layoffs?
Any news on layoffs at MetLife? Especially at US Digital ?
ADM Survey
Thoughts? Did anyone bother completing?
Ideal hours
Are we not allowed to have any ideal time in our schedule. When do we do the admin task , learnings and networking.
LTL - talk amongst ourselves
Word salad? Differentiate, purpose, deliver for customers…Kamala Khalaf Time to turn the channel to the Queens funeral
YES! Oh wait - won't be able to afford it with measly raise.
A new seafood restaurant will set up shop in the MetLife Building. The unnamed eatery from the restaurant group The Hospitality Department signed a 10,000-square-foot lease in the building at 200 Park Avenue with an opening date set sometime in... — read more
If we all get 3% or less does that mean MetLife is quit firing all of us?
In a now-viral LinkedIn post, Dilber listed the signs an employee is being “quietly fired,” which is often linked to poor management. “You don’t receive feedback or praise, you get raises of 3% or less while others are getting much more, your 1:1s... — read more
Are they changing the 401k?
Did I miss something? I know they are jerking us around with the AVIP. Are they changing the 401k?
ESG
ESG portfolios are underperforming the S&P 500 to date. ESG funds also have some of the highest fees in the industry right now. Meanwhile, O&G has some of the highest dividend yields across all asset classes and are overperforming.
Weak Leadership
Anyone else have a boss that schedules one on ones but never shows up. Always too busy to join. I wish I could get the nerve to cancel out the whole series invite and if asked, explain that I'll accept again when he/she can decide if they are... — read more
Jo--t Townhall
Who thinks they are cooler: the "geek" or the professor?
Lunch Discount
I am so grateful for the food discount, what a fantastic perk! Right up there with center stage points and annual pay increases of 1%! Gotta respect this organization for really giving a Cr$p. Talk to anyone that isn’t a Director and up if they... — read more
I try not to worry ahead of time
I got discouraged while looking for a new job but the fault is my own for staying here too long. I would love to find something new as soon as possible, because I have a very bad feeling that things are going to get even uglier here. Although I... — read more
Layoffs happening across USA
Layoffs are happening in big companies - Google, Apple, Oracle and now Wayfair lays off 900 people.
Too much politics
Why are the old folks so insecure when new people join the team.
Get In The Office & Collaborate! Even If NYC is dangerous!
A spate of horrific attacks in New York has people fearful of returning to work In two meetings this year, some of the city's most powerful CEOs confronted Mayor Eric Adams, demanding answers, according to Kathryn Wylde, the president and CEO of... — read more
Anyone getting a Cost of Live Adjustment or Raise?
Do you know anyone getting a COLA, or just a plain raise at MetLife? Are they matching offers?
Center stage and Volunteer hours
Does Center stage and Volunteer hours help during appraisal. I am new to Metlife.
Outsourcing
Work has started getting outsourced to third party leaving employees concerned about the impact.
Q2 Earnings
I wonder what kind of results we'll see today. Things have not been going well for the stock lately even with the slow climb in the last few weeks and I'm worried if there is no improvement that we might feel it in the way of more layoffs. It... — read more
Gender Pronouns Will Save The Day!
Notice how so many leaders now have their pronouns listed in their signature line? Guess the directive from above is making them do so! I appreciate this as then I was able to use the proper pronoun when I put in my notice last week. She/Her can... — read more
If you could get a straight answer, what question would you ask at the Aug 4 LTL?
The title say it all.
Choose any other company to work for if you can
Being good at what you do will be a burden at MetLife. You will be perceived as a threat by everybody around you and they will make sure to make your life a living he-l. I've never had to deal with such a toxic work environment in my life - and just... — read more
Production Support job
Thinking of switching roles and wanted to see what it was like working in production support.
company-pay-ratios
Difficult to know the inflation strains of the common worker when you're making 218 times the "median" pay and barely surviving on 16 million a year. https://aflcio.org/paywatch/company-pay-ratios Ticker Company Median Worker Pay Pay... — read more
LTC Premium Increases out of hand
This is an example of incredibly poor asset management with zero culpability to the company for the promises they made for these policy holders of keeping rates steady. I'm sure these policies were never sold with expectations of increasing 29.4% to... — read more
Bosses Offer Midyear Raises to Retain Employees as Inflation Takes Toll
For any of the Black Jacket team peons that lurk here, why not copy an idea like this since your management strategy seems to be restricted to copying what other companies do... — read more
Is attrition not enough?
I hear some rumors about layoffs and honestly - I can't believe those rumors. The reason - there are so many employees who are leaving that it is simply unbelievable that there could be additional cuts. Then who would stay here to work?
Inspired Self-Selection Trimming Of the Herd
Interesting article here on Facebook/Meta wanting to trim staff by making annual goals much harder to make so people will fail and be sent packing. The one thing companies with this strategy don't realize is that some good and great workers will... — read more