A friend of mine who is a corporate attorney has been inside a few companies like NM. He put it in pretty plain terms, As a US only wealth management and life insurance company their entire revenue base and regulatory footprint sits inside American... — read more 

Most every day, right, there's either a Sr Dir or AD role po$ted. RARELY do you see T3 - T5 postings in either Dig Product or Tech, right? Very few opportunies for promotions, right? I do reckon this company (right) doesn't have its priorities... — read more 

CrowdStrike CEO is gutting measurers and layers because AI/bots do their “work” better. At our 8k employees: only 2k real workers + 2k indentured foreign servants from the third world. The rest are measurers su-king value. Measurers’ only success:... — read more 

What fresh he-l is this? Just say you're helping us write our resumes for a job hunt...

The rot in the middle is finally panicking. For years, they survived by feeding off cheap foreign labor and disposable entry-level workers, while crushing real talent or forcing others to stoop to their level. They never built anything of substance... — read more 

Just wondering, now that bonuses have been paid out, is NM seeing an increase in people leaving?

I hear AI is axing jobs. KC seems to think its a job eliminator to cut back on people. Rumor Ive heard our CHRO has in mind anyway. Whats the strategy. Productivity or cost savings?

I don't know who needs to hear this, but there are other musical genres and artists in the US other than country. :)

New to NM. How does promotions work here? I see some people who are in the same role for many years without any promotion. Also, how much pay hike can one expect with the promotion in general with the engineer roles?

look it up https://www.justice.gov/epstein

NM did you see Rockwell is building their new location in New Berlin? Not Downtown and not close to the city. Why? Downtown is dead and only a fool would continue to build there. Add Rockwell to the long list that keeps moving out of the city... — read more 

You won’t believe the tea DV was always spilling! He kept going on and on about how everyone who came over from USAA got that sweet LTIP I mean, literally down to the assistants who transferred in. Like, he made it sound like the ultimate selling... — read more 

Anyone else notice a certain class of long-tenured, well-connected engineers getting real quiet lately? You know the ones. Own half the repos “by history.” Camp in approvals and support channels. Block merge requests from new or non-influential... — read more 

Wondering if they announced yet. I heard it's going to be 150% not because of company performance but from the fact that so many employees are pi---d off they are using it for people to stay. Before everyone jumps on me for being a bitter ex... — read more 

but most of you don't work at NM anymore anyway

It was only a matter of time after sales people stuffing these down peoples throats that they’re going to figure it out.

What’s the reward to finish work? More work! I am exhausted with or without AI

I've be at NM for a decade, working in tech. Idk if it's just me, but I feel like the recent reorg emails and town halls have been more fluff-filled than I've ever experienced at NM. I've been genuinely shocked at how many words are said and written... — read more 

Looks like these people are way too exploiting psychopaths so they want their slave humans to ask AI for solutions! So engineers you will never lose jobs, they will smoosh each other and milk companies saying stuff about human to human contact!... — read more 

Remote employees were once again showered with lavish gifts and people in Milwaukee got nothing. The only give TG the Grinch gave local employees was the gift of paying for more gas to commute, paying more for parking, and extra time in the... — read more 

Who do you think is an awesome boss at NM, and you’d bend backwards to work for him or her?

Word is LTIMindtree might be on way out finally.

Why isn't the tech space allowed to join the OPEIU chapter?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/24/northwestern-mutual-insurance-jobs-hiring

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/eeoc-says-northwestern-mutual-wont-hand-over-information-dei-policies-2025-11-20/

With yesterday's announcement of the T&D reorg there were a lot of people laid off, but it's hard to know the scope since they don't announce anything anymore. What's everyone hearing? I know of four tech VPs that were let go, and it sounds like a... — read more 

Anyone know how long the lease is on the NYC campus? Just wondering how long the talent out there needs to keep commuting in, so many have expressed displeasure regarding the onsite requirements.

But they have 100’s of them with labor department fake jobs LCA applications for H1B indentured servants

AWS outage yesterday took them all down https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k814hebf

I see no job postings! Any rumours about layoffs? But they are posting through sweatshops for cheap labor https://h1bgrader.com/h1b-sponsors/northwestern-mutual-life-insurance-company-m2m6611701/lca/2025

The tech team’s culture is a masterclass in exploiting the need for networking in the field while treating actual engineering like a thankless chore. Most “management” here are too busy kissing up to non-engineers and flaunting their “connections”... — read more 

https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dislocatedworker/employer/tools/notice/wbcml-overview.htm Covered employers must provide written notice 60 calendar days in advance of a business closing or mass layoff or reduction in hours. Employers generally are... — read more 

There's a proposal for 25% tax on US firms' payments to foreign outsourcing companies. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/h1b-visa-shock-first-in-double-blow-indian-it-spooked-already-by-tax-proposed-on-outsourcing-from-us-101758368109647.html — read more 

within DSE we had 4 eliminated roles this week, one person forced out (morale is super low). What’s happening in the other parts of tech?