Very good place, open and fair - Director Swiss Re Employee Review

5.0
Dec 9, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

It is a very open environment, you can easily reach out other people in the organization and generally they will welcome you and openly discuss topics you want to know. It is a fair environment and even when there are conflicts, normally they do not escalate to certain level of unfairness I have seen in other big companies. It is a big company but with the style of a smaller one, in the more positive sense of the word

Cons

Speed is quite slow for most of the things, change is quite difficult because of comfort zone.

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5.0
Mar 10, 2026
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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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Swiss Re Response
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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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