Great employer in general - too many reorganizations and management changes - Anonymous employee Swiss Re Employee Review

3.0
4 Feb 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- very competitive salaries and fringe benefits - always latest technologies in place almost like a high tech company - fantastic office environments - multinational

Cons

- preaches and advertises diversity programs, but does not live them (eg generations: tendency to firing 50+ employees) - Consultancy style management: short term goals and gains are more important than sustainability - not much of a company culture left - Frequent change of line managers - very little consistency - Far less career opportunities if you are a woman - Jobs are continuously 'near shored' to low cost countries

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5.0
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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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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
30 May 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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