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
1.0
Apr 27, 2023

Extremely unethical and superficial company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Food and canteen. The breakout areas are good. The ambiance is good

Cons

The Bangalore office of SwissRe is extremely unethical. The local HR is very cliqued and try to establish their dominance on all departments despite no work. A woman at a senior position who works with the local HR in particular is a sour self centred individual and will not work and has no empathy but shows she is always busy. People I know were asked to leave at 2 hours notice and that too very badly. I haven't seen such unprofessional behaviour from any HR that I have ever worked for. They also treat their employees very badly and with no respect but have superficial charm claiming that they are non discriminatory but the truth is that there is staunch racism, sexism and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The company states they are proponents of mental health but I am aware of my colleagues being harassed out of wits by their teams and local HR. All of my colleagues including myself had to take therapy. The political prowess of the local HR is so much that the company will never do well given these politics. They have restructured already several times and are extremely vile people.

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.

2.0
Jul 27, 2015

Vice President

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work-life balance Good name on your cv Good brand reputation with clients

Cons

A private club for Swiss boys, to avoid if you are not Swiss or if you are a woman Poor leadership at all levels Little to zero career opportunities

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