Do not become a "financial adviser" - you're just pushing life insurance - Financial Services Representative MassMutual Employee Review

1.0
Dec 11, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

It only COSTS YOU (MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET) a couple hundred dollars to become licensed to sell life insurance in North Carolina. Couple thousand if you want to sell annuities. Luckily, you don't have to worry about where you'll be depositing your payroll checks from working at the company, because you won't be receiving any until you sell a certain amount of product and "qualify" to become "part of the team".

Cons

You have to find your own "customers" which will be people that you sell products to. Once those customers lock into a product, the company receives a stream of cash, from which you receive a percentage, provided that you are in "good standing" meaning that you've sold enough product recently.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

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