Symetra reviews

4.0

73% would recommend to a friend

(483 total reviews)

Margaret Meister

88% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Symetra has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 483 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Symetra 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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483 reviews
1.0
Mar 14, 2015

Not a good experience at all

Recommend
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Pros

Close to downtown Bellevue, lots of places to work too, free parking when need to be in Bellevue for any reason

Cons

Lay-offs do occur, benefits are average, very politically structured organization -- based on relationships and friends, not on performance and clear objectives. NO IT department management that has a roadmap strategy so people are not set up for success. Have difficulty hiring qualified people.

2.0
Sep 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The benefits and location are great. Leadership is making changes to try and improve workplace. There are lots of opportunities for business improvement, which could be leveraged for advancement in the right circumstances. The culture of people here is awesome, and most people are very nice and friendly to work with. Recently, the company has bought a lot of new tech which is kinda fun too.

Cons

Middle management pushes employees using deadlines, and likes to blame and shame employees for risk-taking. Over-emphasis on unimportant stuff like filling out electronic forms and other such busywork instead of focusing on removing repetition from the daily activities. Lots of serious job dissatisfaction when you have managers managing people into the ground. I've never had any dissatisfaction with my profession before, but this place made me question it a few times. Be prepared for a slog through multiple mechanisms for tracking your hours, in addition to working with lots of systems that in addition to being old, many times the original developer or expert who supported the system no longer works at the company, so that is a warning sign to me.

2.0
Sep 2, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The employees are dedicated and hard working.

Cons

Management is disorganized and totally reactive. Extremely poor communication company wide. Extremely poor training programs with little support from management. Salaries are extremely uncompetitive, as are benefits.

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