Lots of potential, but currently wasted - Anonymous employee Swiss Re Employee Review

2.0
Aug 10, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance, smart nice people, salary and perks, interesting topics, supports good causes, potential to be a great place

Cons

Weak leadership capabilities, fear of decisions, bureaucracy, no development opportunities, no alignment of goals and between teams, initiative gets consistently stifled

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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
May 30, 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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