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
Dec 15, 2013

Sad State of Affairs

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Can't think of any at this time. It used to be the people, but so many of the good ones have left!

Cons

It's sad when senior management has to ask people to write positive reviews for the company. That only shows how desperate the company is and that lack of integrity the company has. Senior management is responsible to help with morale and so they should listen to the folks who have left the company, if they even took the time to speak and listen to them. Some folks have left for the normal reasons (retirement, etc.); others have made up reasons (i.e. retiring when they are really not or supposedly a better offer). The most worrisome, some folks have been asked to leave that were some of the brightest the company had because the company either wants to continue to stay out of touch or just didn't want to deal with what is staring at them. Also, you really can't trust HR -- they are loyal to the company, period.

1.0
Sep 18, 2013

Nice people but bad management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great location and some great people who are fully vested in providing excellent service to their customers.

Cons

Management and HR don't really have a clue how to get the best from their personnel and so resort to reading books about "trust" in order to try and gain some! Managers have so little actual work to do that they either spend their time getting in their employees way or in meetings dreaming up methods of getting in their employees way. Let people do their job! Favoritism is rife and difficult to overcome for newcomers into the business. As a consequence people are leaving and seeing this even seasoned employees are starting to walk.

1.0
May 31, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

There is potential if more effort is made to understand who is really adding value and acknowledging this.

Cons

Directors range from controlling egomaniacs to well intended but not too bright. Shamefully out of touch V.P.s Credit not given where credit is due Unrealistic expectations with current infrastructure Gross favortism

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