Skip to contentSkip to footer
      employer cover photo
      employer logo
      employer logo

      Symetra

      Engaged Employer

      Symetra reviews

      4.0

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (483 total reviews)

      Margaret Meister

      88% approve of CEO

      82% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Senior management

      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).

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Reviews by job title

      483 reviews
      2.0
      May 9, 2019

      Horrible Culture

      Customer service representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It’s a job and the CEO is actually really nice and down to earth.

      Cons

      Managers only talk with other managers, very clicky. Those who are promoted play the brown-nose game. Managers are highly superficial. The pay is horrible-Can make more holding a construction sign. Large generational gap; 2/3 of the floor is baby boomer generation which is probably why socializing leads to promotions. Employees don’t talk to each other, everyone is out to make themselves look good. Most people have degrees in finance and are paid less than 40k a year. My manager lies when they don’t have the answer, I then find out different info from other team members.

      4.0
      Apr 26, 2019

      Flexible Work Environment

      Operations manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      flexible schedules and environment - not micro managed

      Cons

      seems to be quite a bit of turnover

      4.0
      Apr 22, 2019

      Hit or Miss

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Coming from my own experience I do get treated fairly well in my department. Upon hire granted 7 days PTO and 5 sick days. Convenient location for those who commute by metro. Great co workers. Benefits are very good. Provides classes on how to make the workplace a better place. Room for advancement when there is an opportunity.

      Cons

      no parking, although it is discounted if you're an employee through Symetra but not temp agency. Far commute. Depending on who your supervisor or manager is it can be difficult to get an approval. I've always been told by my supervisor every time I asked for a day off to confirm with all the other leads/managers which is pretty inconvenient and because I have a far commute and Symetra is starting their own work from home days my supervisor only tells me "We'll see if it's in the budget" which doesn't really help either. Every request feels like i'm being interrogated or never given a straight forward answer and always beating around the bush. I have turned to higher management for my requests just because I don't want to keep getting answers like that. I also noticed some managers/leads will ignore you when they want to avoid confrontation.

      Viewing 235 - 237 of 483 Reviews
      Related searches: Symetra jobs | Symetra salaries | Symetra benefits | Symetra interviews
      ReviewsSymetra reviews

      Glassdoor has 557 Symetra reviews submitted anonymously by Symetra employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Symetra is right for you.