Swiss Re reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(2,278 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 2,278 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
2.0
Jan 22, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Large global company. Buildings are generally nice and modern. Some locations have nice lunch facilities. Some progressive working policies but see below

Cons

In some areas where I have worked recently there is poor management capabilities which leads to undue pressure being put on staff to deliver and stop the wheels coming off. Not a pleasant environment. I joined the company many years ago and it seems to be getting worse. It’s not the fantastic company I joined. Annual engagement survey process is a joke with staff being told to make sure the results are positive as the consequences in the following year will not be pleasant. There is a real mix of traditional line managers who do not embrace modern ways of working which the company is supposed to be promoting and others who do. You are really lucky to find one who does.

3.0
Sep 27, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Used to be great benefits but slowly reduced one by one( this year also the health benefits were taken off) Lot of great people but getting less and less of them

Cons

- company has changed almost 360 degrees from quality of management , human values and social responsibility , Specially in IT - Since our CIO hired a school teacher as strategy manager whos only strategy was working on his own career the whole quality of IT went badly down. - There is no more company values and everything is done with executive power - If someone has a different opinion then he is seen as an enemy - Many good colleges who genuinely live company values , competent and really deliver value to the company started disappear day by day. - HR and Talent management invested really a lot in attracting and hiring good people but due to this bad management practices we are loosing great human resources - Difficult to satisfy clients when key people are disappearing who maintained great customer relationships for years for no reasons

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