Northwestern Mutual reviews

The first few years of building your own practice is tough. While Northwestern prides themselves on their training program and mentorship, at the end of the day, your business thrives or fails based on how much you are willing to work on crafting your skills and building your client relationships. I have seen a lot of people not willing to put the time and energy into starting their own business and end up leaving the career with a bitter taste because they were to focused on "selling" instead of "planning". If you are just trying to be an insurance agent or an investment advisor, this isn't the group to join. I have realized NM's focus and current competitive advantage is their focus on comprehensive financial planning that isn't just about selling products.

This business runs on hiring people constantly (they don’t care about lying or withholding information) they tell people it’s for a financial advisor and the truth is you’re just a life insurance agent, that’s it. They hire you, grabbing your warm market(friends, family, known easy sales) you last maybe a year barely making any money, that’s why they hire college students because they are usually depending on their parents and making barely anything seems great for them. People successful in this business are the ones that follow the pyramid. Get hired then set up your own team so they work for you and they bring you clients through joint work. Their business model is literally based on hiring people to grab their warm markets, they don’t care about anything else, they expect you to quit hence they hire 4-6 employees every month. They will ask you to harass your family and friends and they’ll brainwash you by telling you what you want to hear, they withhold the truth on how you get paid as well. Just a lot of bs. Don’t work here if you’re looking for a financial advisor role. Go to an actual financial planning firm.