A Tough Time - Anonymous employee Swiss Re Employee Review

2.0
Mar 2, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent benefits, flexible working arrangements (from home/remote), opportunities for those with the right skills in the right location that know the right people.

Cons

In a very tough spot right now. Jobs are shifting to lower cost locations and replaced at lower salary. Company is reactive in nature to the point of being "knee-jerk" at times. It is really a phase due to the natural catastrophe losses in recent years but it is very discouraging. Lots of folks left or were asked to leave and those of us left are left inadequately equipped to pick up the pieces.

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Pros

The people you work with are amazing. The benefits are wonderful. I appreciate the bonus structure and the growth I've experienced with the organization.

Cons

Leadership's strategy and vision are severely lacking and self-serving. There's a lot of favoritism with the same people being included in decision-making without consideration for their ability to actually deliver results. In turn, the lower-level employees are left to clean up the disaster. I see that Swiss is on here making comments on employee reviews - hopefully they take note of how many people in the last 90 days said the same thing about the leadership strategy. We're not on glassdoor because we like reviewing our company - we're here looking for outside opportunities because of the way the company is currently operating. We're bleeding good talent because they no longer align with the corporate strategy.

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Pros

Flexibility, European Benefits, Retirement Match

Cons

Zero career growth, continual 'do more with less', currently covering 3 roles

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