All Talk, No Walk - Anonymous employee Swiss Re Employee Review

3.0
19 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

401k is very generous (6% match + additional 6% company contribution. Highly respected global company. Opportunities to work in different functional areas.

Cons

You will be sold many benefits that actually end up being left to management's discretion. For instance, "Own the Way You Work," Swiss Re's program which is supposed to allow employees flexibility in the way they work (condensed work weeks, working from home a couple days a week, etc.) applies to much of the organization, but if you work in Corporate Solutions Operations, you will more than likely be denied this benefit. Micromanagement from the top forbids it.

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5.0
23 Jun 2026
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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.

2.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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Swiss Re Response
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Thank you for your review. We are glad to hear you valued your colleagues and some of the benefits of working at Swiss Re. We also take your concerns about change, stability and ways of working seriously, and we remain focused on ensuring a respectful and supportive environment across our global organisation.
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