Not an employee friendly company. Please do not be fooled by fake/paid positive ratings as I was. - Programme Analyst Swiss Re Employee Review

1.0
May 15, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Actually none! All the cons. for instance, work from home, incentives are actually held in employee's opposition at later stages during the employment period. If SR provision work from home, employee's absence from the office would be counted as "0" working hours in the official attendance which, at the end of a term, turn against the employees. Only if an employee is based at the European or American office, employee benefits are considerable else, others are treated badly. I would not recommend working in or with this company to anybody.

Cons

1) Salary, in general, is lower than the market price. The management does not appreciate work quality but how well an employee fits into the "office politics". 2) Incentives are actually not worthy of any consideration. Employees get nothing much. 3) Salaries for the managers, who behaves unreasonably with the employees, is quite high while the employees who really work get peanuts. 4) Office politics is unacceptably high. 5) 24X7 work mode! Even on Saturdays, I had to take meetings, leaving my family duties. Still, there was no appreciation for such diligence. 6) HR and managers are very unreasonable to the employees at times.

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5.0
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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
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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