Swiss Re reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(2,280 total reviews)
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Andreas Berger

70% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Swiss Re has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,280 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Swiss Re employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Seguros industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Mar 17, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The company itself was great. Great health insurance and overall benefits. Salary okay. In all, I could never complain about the actual company.

Cons

Not crazy about some of my co-workers in my department. At times, I felt as if I was back in high school with the clicks. My co-workers were nice as individuals, but put them all together...ugh! It wasn't uncommon for some to take 2 1/2 hour lunches to go shopping on Michigan Avenue, have personal shoppers meet them down in the lobby and then model their clothes in the office hallway, or just go out drinking knocking back two pitches of booze and then returning to work. My favorite, showing up late to work in the morning because they wanted to go out to breakfast and never calling to say they will be in...they would just show up to work after they got done eating...at 10:00 a.m. I suppose if I was into all that I would have enjoyed my experience a little more, but I was too honest and probably way too uptight. However, got along real well with people in other departments. They didn't pull that nonsense. Remember, when your co-workers do stuff like that...somebody always pays for it.

5.0
Mar 5, 2014

Good atmosphere between employees

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

flexible, modern thinking company, worldwide network

Cons

sometimes lack of top down transparency

2.0
Mar 5, 2014

"A swiss boys club"

Recommend
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Pros

The company offers great benefits, professional training and opportunities to work with international teams and with very smart people overall. Very good external image and good brand for your CV. Flexible working hours.

Cons

Despite the many Diversity & Inclusion efforts, the company in Zurich is a Swiss boys' club and who does not fit this description has substantial less opportunities for promotion and salary increase. The company recently published an study that measured internal bias in the organization and the #1 bias was against women, well above race, place of origin and sexual orientation. Interestingly enough, women in leadership positions demonstrated more negative bias against other women than men.

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