people are good, pay could be improved - Internship Northwestern Mutual Employee Review

2.0
30 Sept 2024
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Pros

the people in the office are great, good work environment. Victoria Nenchev is absolutely great, working with her is fabulous. Nick Hines, also awesome.

Cons

they expect full time work, attending meetings, without hourly work, they want six fact finders but pay you for three. The incoming intern group was originally 16, only 6 passed our licensing test, getting reimbursed had issues for at least three people, within three weeks 2 quit, within 10 weeks another 2 quit before they were even finished. the stipend runs out after 12 weeks. The clients you get as an intern are not going to be as lucrative, so the examples they give during the interview process for commission are not applicable ($100 in reality versus $1000 examples).

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5.0
26 May 2026
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Pros

This job is incredibly rewarding, what we do matters and has an impact on peoples lives.

Cons

The work is not easy, it takes motivation to power through the slow periods.

5.0
1 Jul 2026
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Pros

I have been an advisor there for about 10 years, 8 years in the full-time role and 2 years as an intern. I now have full control over my day and I’m about halfway to seven figures of income per year, most of which is residual. I have over 700 clients that are in love with the work that we do and find incredible impact with the solutions we can bring them with comprehensive financial planning solutions. I have been offered lots of money to leave, but I will never believe this or organization, you could offer me a $10 million check to go somewhere else, but I would gladly turn it down. I find so much purpose in what I do.

Cons

This job is not for everyone! You must have thick skin and an incredible work ethic. It requires 10 to 12 hours of work per day for the first few years. After that you will develop a very good balance.

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