Bad apples and focus on bad women leaders - Vice President Swiss Re Employee Review

2.0
5 Nov 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good work life balance flexibility of work

Cons

most leaders are specialists in marketing only, they sell "dreams" to other senior leaders trying to get funding for the next year, most of those projects sold as dreams dont take off very well and the employees suffer burnout under bad apples and conflicted women managers who cannot be complained against since they are women! no gain in knowledge from the work done when the last years sold dreams dont take off, newer stories and newer dreams are build around them to showcase change of objective to yet another more ambitious dream, only to keep the show running until the higher leaders have progressed or rotated into their next target role/function overall this company and its shareholders will pay a huge price for hiring incompetent women leaders

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Swiss Re Response
3y
Thank you for your review. Having a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation - one where everyone belongs is very high on our agenda. We follow a rigorous hiring process to ensure we have people with the right capabilities in the right roles. If you would like to report any misconduct to the Swiss Re Whistle-blowing Hotline please find the link to the hotline here: https://www.swissre.com/about-us/our-approach/corporate-governance/compliance.html

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