Participant Service Rep - Bad Bad Jo In Customer Servuce In Parsippany New Jersey and MA New York Life Employee Review

1.0
25 Jul 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good health insurance bu tnothing else

Cons

This place was terrible, except for the benefits. When I was hired, the interviewers made it sound like I would be doing more than just "working in a call center". When I got on the floor, I found out it was the exact opposite of what they told me. I was told I'd be trained to process and do correspondance, but instead was just pushed to take back-to-back calls all day (if you weren't taking 80-100 a day during tax season, you got lectured by your supervisor). Pay was very, very low. Started at $27k/year (and I have a bachelor's degree in business!). After I started working there, I was shocked that they could convince finance, accounting, management majors from good schools to work there for $27k/year. Promotions were hard to come by. When I was there, they started shipping all of the processing to India, and layoff rumors were starting. I got out just in time. A while after I left, they did layoffs of about 150 people. Whenever a job would post in another part of the company, you'd get so many people applying that your chances of actually landing it were slim to nil. Eventually, I looked around and saw that I was sitting in a call center with 140 people just like me (college business degrees, smart) and realized that unless I was a major butt-kisser I'd never get anywhere in the company.

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Great environment, helpful management and good mentorship

Cons

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5.0
9 Oct 2015
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Recommend
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Pros

Right out of college, I had an opportunity with the New York Life. Being young I felt that I was at a disadvantage but I worked hard, I was relentless, and ambitious. My first full year, I was able to make a six-figure income. It wasn't easy but is medical school easy? Is law school easy? The training and development at New York Life was unmatched. I knew nothing about the Insurance and Financial Services industry until I was given an opportunity at New York Life and the training was exceptional and has led me to the success I have today.

Cons

You have to work hard, be relentless, entrepreneurial, invest a lot of time and effort into the business and above all, expect a higher standard of living and strive towards that goal every single day.

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New York Life Response
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Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback – we appreciate it. As you say, a successful career as an agent requires dedication and commitment. For many, including you, the professional rewards are worth it. But we do understand that starting out in this career is not always easy. That’s why we offer new agents continuous training and support, to give them the advantages they need to succeed.
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