Swiss Re reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(2,277 total reviews)
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Andreas Berger

72% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Swiss Re has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,277 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
4.0
Oct 3, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Probably best place to start career in reinsurance - Good Work/Life balance - Lots of expertise and brainpower to learn from - Great benefits and treatment of employees

Cons

- Some silos mentality in certain teams exists - Can be difficult to change something due to the rigid structures of the company - Quite hierarchical, but that's probably required for this type of industry

4.0
Sep 25, 2012

very international company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

very good people, very good company culture

Cons

expense ratio is too high

5.0
Sep 15, 2012

Once you drive a rolls royce...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

International environment, more transparent review processes than other companies, very mobile company- seemingly no problems moving people from one place/department to another- easy to get involved in interesting projects

Cons

compared to other companies in the sector that I've worked for- I must say that SR is heads and tails above the rest. They are a little "Zurich" centric, but that seems a natural consequence of having the HQ there (any other company would probably do the same...

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