Thread regarding MetLife Inc. layoffs

4 years without a promotion

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.

#Promotion #IndividualContributor #Career #LowCeiling #VagueFeedback
by Anonymous
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Stick around but clean up your resume and LinkedIn. Be prepared for any role that comes your way that would give you growth potential. If you sit around waiting for a promotion, you'll be waiting until they lay you off lol.

by Anonymous
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Leadership has ZERO interest in retaining talent if it requires any real effort beyond lip service. Get out when you can.

by Anonymous
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Leave's: 4
Stay's: 0

by Scorekeeper
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Leave. It will hurt you in the long run if you stay too long at the same level. Some employers have career maps and upward plans for early career. Go to one of them.

by Anonymous
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Job market stinks but get out when you can. ML a career ki-ler. This greedy C suite DGAF about the rank & file.

by Anonymous
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Just wanted to add to @a2. Take it from someone who was forced out of there to fund their periodic stock buybacks. They did me a solid. Got an upgrade at my next opportunity in all regards, including compensation and fully remote.

by Anonymous
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Leave. There are better places than there. There are people who spend a decade or more without moving up in level. The politics at that place are completely weird, random, and most people will be stuck.

Met is not worth it in the long run unless you know people in management and you can bootlick and get promoted that way. Being an IC and moving up, you will face random layoffs if you are not a protected minority class of individual.

Once you recover from treatment, I'd say update your resume and look around the market and take something if it is 15%+ in compensation upgrade.

Nobody should really stay at Met for longer than 3 years if you are non-managerial.

by Anonymous
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