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      Swiss Re

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      Swiss Re reviews

      3.8

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (2,292 total reviews)
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      Andreas Berger

      69% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      Swiss Re has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,292 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 Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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      2K reviews
      4.0
      Jan 11, 2016

      Slow, undecisive

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work life balance, good ambience, a lot of freedom

      Cons

      Top Management (i.e. above Managing Directors) Management lacks vision and will to decide

      3.0
      Jan 6, 2016

      Excellent benefits at a complex "Knowledge" company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Surrounded by very knowledgeable people who truly understand their work and what they do. Insurance is a lot more interesting than it sounds - especially when you are working with Underwriters who write risk on AeroSpace, Energy, big Construction (oh the list goes on...). Exciting growth in parts of the company. Loads of opportunities to travel and live in High Growth markets like China, Brazil, Columbia, etc. Swiss Re is really a Global Organization across many locations. Employees are treated well - good benefit packages and excellent compensation (usually higher than local benchmarks). In some areas, chance to work from home after being with the company for some time.

      Cons

      Consensus based company - need to build agreement with everyone before can make any changes. Highly complex in systems and processes. They are working on reducing complexity, but not quite clear on how to create simple usable processes and systems that allow for growth. Due to a tough Insurance market, they are slowly reducing benefits for employees - moving towards the average benefits range. No women on the board. No women on the Executive team. Gender diversity is not there as you move upwards in the ranks. Great at external branding - not quite the same at branding internally. You may always feel like you represent the company you came from. Work life balance depends on your location. If in Zurich - yes the number of vacation days is great - but when you are working - you are working a lot and hard!! You really really need that time off.

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