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
1.0
May 26, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work/Life balance is decent. Working in the Gherkin!!!

Cons

- Pay is stagnant once you join unless you get promotion, which is very difficult to achieve in London. - Most of the senior jobs are Zurich centrified. - Management are trying to push for employee's to come back to the office in London. If I am the only one in my team based in London what exactly is the point of me spending 3 hours travelling every day and spending £20 to sit on calls I could just as easily have done at home?! - Real toxic atmosphere, particularly within projects area. Management team in Zurich have no human touch, particularly towards those based outside in Zurich, but then try to tick the correct HR boxes by sending emails about mental well being. - Clear move from London to low cost locations

3.0
Feb 7, 2020

Good on the CV, poor for mental wellbeing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Forward thinking company Excellent flexible working options Good at investing in tech

Cons

Highly toxic working environment Lack of succession planning or talent management Political game playing across the company HR very process heavy, not people oriented Hard workers are really taken advantage of instead of rewarded

1.0
Jan 27, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- big name in the industry. Can open doors for opportunities after having worked at Swiss Re - Impressive proprietary tools - Some retired or close to retirement employees passed on useful knowledge - Sabbatical program is attractive

Cons

- Uninspiring place to work - poor management locally in region, countrywide, and from Zurich - Senior management is untrustworthy - Senior management is an echo chamber of Yes Men - was not a valued employee and was underpaid - all discussions asking for guidance or change fell on deaf ears. - peers were set up to compete against each other. Manager had clear favorites. Even when favorites behaved poorly (either blatant disrespect of other colleagues/rules or reckless underwriting), the favorites continued to get preferential treatment.

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