Swiss Re reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(2,277 total reviews)
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Andreas Berger

72% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Swiss Re has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,277 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Swiss Re employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Seguros industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Jul 5, 2017

Bureaucratic nightmare

Recommend
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Pros

Good people in the Canadian office, good benefits, work from home option, nice office. Summer and X-Mas events.

Cons

There is an attempt to get 1.5 or 2 or 3 FTE for the price of one. They don't want to pay for the number of staff they should have, or for overtime, but nonetheless expect all the work to get done. Needlessly bureaucratic , which isn't helped by embarrassingly out of date technology that keeps everything moving at a snail's pace. Bizarre and illogical reporting structures that needlessly have Canadian staff reporting to people in the US who shouldn't be managing anyone in any country. No annual raises post 2008 despite the fact that the financial crisis was a decade ago and the company posts profits in the billions.

2.0
Mar 10, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People are generally great to work with, regardless of location they are from. Flexible work schedule and location (personally, my schedule is a four day work week and three of those are from home, and have been able to work from 1,000 miles away for a month each of the last two winters).

Cons

Compensation in recent years has not reflected corporate success. For calendar years 2011-2015 company has averaged nearly $3.9b in net income ($2.6b, $4.2b, $4.4b, $3.5b, and $4.6b) yet after the last three of those years the company has given 0% salary increase and bonuses have decreased annually.

2.0
Mar 31, 2014

Chaotic and constant reorg. Employee is just a number. Bad communication

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

One learns a lot among demanding managers and interesting projects, and, strive-for-perfection environment

Cons

Heavy workload, unattentive management treating employees as if they are just figures. No appreciation felt as employee. Too much politics and a bunch of Credit Suisse people that moved over to Swiss Re repeating the same s*** now in Swiss Re. Recent employee suicide- Swiss Re is not the Swiss Re that used to be anymore!

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