Good culture - Vice President Swiss Re Employee Review

4.0
Nov 25, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Overall a nice place to work with a great flexible working culture via the Own the Way you work concept. Relatively good tech and tool landscape to communicate and work on with high quality support. Strong on innovation and will to be a high-end re/insurance firm backed by cutting edge R&D on products and UW. Pleasant (and often) well located offices.

Cons

Trying to become 'agile' and pushing the gospel throughout the company whilst remaining very hierarchical. Everyone knows their rank and it has an impact on how people interact. Potentially short sighted D&I initiatives that feel like knee jerk reactions to external pressures as opposed to managing sustainable long term change appropriate for the company and the industry. Zurich-centered mind sets.

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5.0
Mar 10, 2026
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Pros

Great culture, people are helpful

Cons

Over-engineering in making decisions. Lots of hoops to jump through to get things done.

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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
Recommend
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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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