Great people, poor management in Latin-America - Anonymous employee Swiss Re Employee Review

3.0
22 Oct 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing school for insurance and re-insurance. You'll learn all the value chain of the sector, and get exposure to many markets, both in LATAM and elswehere if you're interested enough.

Cons

Management for Latin-america lacks leadership, they're the subject of their own emotions and often go to work in a bad mood. Language used could be held to be abusive. Company is being resstructured, so they're making life difficult for anyone they want to lay-off in hopes the employee will renounce and therefore avoid the company having to pay the locally compulsory lay-off bonus.

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5.0
7 Feb 2026
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Pros

They invest in their employees. good culture.

Cons

Things move slowly through upper mgmt

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Swiss Re Response
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It’s great to hear that the supportive environment and people‑focused culture resonated with you during your time at Swiss Re. We recognize that larger organizations can naturally move a bit slower, we’re continually working to make processes smoother for our employees. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience.
5.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The people you work with are amazing. The benefits are wonderful. I appreciate the bonus structure and the growth I've experienced with the organization.

Cons

Leadership's strategy and vision are severely lacking and self-serving. There's a lot of favoritism with the same people being included in decision-making without consideration for their ability to actually deliver results. In turn, the lower-level employees are left to clean up the disaster. I see that Swiss is on here making comments on employee reviews - hopefully they take note of how many people in the last 90 days said the same thing about the leadership strategy. We're not on glassdoor because we like reviewing our company - we're here looking for outside opportunities because of the way the company is currently operating. We're bleeding good talent because they no longer align with the corporate strategy.

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