Symetra reviews

4.0

73% would recommend to a friend

(482 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 482 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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482 reviews
1.0
Jul 10, 2018

No

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are some decent people.

Cons

Archaic systems, cliquey management, no communication. It's not what you know, it's who you know. People with no experience will be promoted to positions over those that have years of experience. There are no advancement opportunities. Management will lie to you repeatedly. Projects will be stolen and credit given to others. They preach about their "working family" but I'd never in my life treat my family the way they treat their employees. Run far far away. I can't recommend that enough.

1.0
Dec 16, 2017

My Review

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The location is right on the bus line which is a nice perk since the cost of parking is horrendous in downtown Bellevue.

Cons

I've worked for various types of managers for a few different organizations over my nearly 20 years; some good, some bad. Symetra takes the cake for having the most imbecilic mangers I have ever been around. It's astonishing that many of these managers are in the position they are in. It's obvious that Symetra doesn’t have a very thorough vetting process when hiring or promoting their managers.

2.0
Jun 22, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Coworkers are nice and helpful. Senior leadership ideals for company culture is great. When it's good, it's good.

Cons

Management quality varies by team. Experianced textbook toxic, aggressive workplace behaviors and gaslighting from my department's senior management. Spoke up to department leadership and felt minimized and overall uncomfortable with their response. Also, management demographics not diverse and titles matter.

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Symetra Response
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Thank you for your review and feedback about our pay, benefits and people. I appreciate your advice to management about upward anonymous feedback, because we are always looking for ways to be better. I’m sorry about your experience with your department’s leadership, because that is not consistent with our Core Values — we believe we win as a team and value diverse perspectives. I invite you to reach out to your HR Business Partner to discuss further or our Speak Up! hotline or other options.
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