Great people, poor management in Latin-America - Anonymous employee Swiss Re Employee Review

3.0
Oct 22, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing school for insurance and re-insurance. You'll learn all the value chain of the sector, and get exposure to many markets, both in LATAM and elswehere if you're interested enough.

Cons

Management for Latin-america lacks leadership, they're the subject of their own emotions and often go to work in a bad mood. Language used could be held to be abusive. Company is being resstructured, so they're making life difficult for anyone they want to lay-off in hopes the employee will renounce and therefore avoid the company having to pay the locally compulsory lay-off bonus.

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Cons

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Swiss Re Response
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We’re glad the culture and supportive colleagues have been meaningful in your experience. We know large organisations can sometimes feel complex, and we're constantly working to simplify decision making where possible. Thank you for your review.
2.0
May 30, 2026
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Pros

1. 12% 401k match 2. Amazing co workers in the trenches but this is rapidly changing as people look for the exits.

Cons

1. Management - the new management team has a maximum personal bonus / profit only mindset. Cost cutting reigns. 2. Constant layoffs. No job is safe. 3. Company has offshored many jobs to India and is in a race to move key underwritering, engineering, claims functions to India as well. Overall, it feels more like a private equity gut job than a publicly traded company.

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