Decision making could be more ... decisive - Assistant Vice President Swiss Re Employee Review

3.0
11 Aug 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great offices and love the agile working concept Easy to gain experience in areas that interest you Lots of experts with fantastic knowledge

Cons

Too many meetings about meetings. Lack of clear decisive decision making - and feedback culture means those lower down are scared to make decisions The most simple things are made overly complicated Everyone expected to be strategic but its down to those at the bottom of the chain to decide what the strategy means and what to do about it.

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5.0
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Pros

The people you work with are amazing. The benefits are wonderful. I appreciate the bonus structure and the growth I've experienced with the organization.

Cons

Leadership's strategy and vision are severely lacking and self-serving. There's a lot of favoritism with the same people being included in decision-making without consideration for their ability to actually deliver results. In turn, the lower-level employees are left to clean up the disaster. I see that Swiss is on here making comments on employee reviews - hopefully they take note of how many people in the last 90 days said the same thing about the leadership strategy. We're not on glassdoor because we like reviewing our company - we're here looking for outside opportunities because of the way the company is currently operating. We're bleeding good talent because they no longer align with the corporate strategy.

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2.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. 12% 401k match 2. Amazing co workers in the trenches but this is rapidly changing as people look for the exits.

Cons

1. Management - the new management team has a maximum personal bonus / profit only mindset. Cost cutting reigns. 2. Constant layoffs. No job is safe. 3. Company has offshored many jobs to India and is in a race to move key underwritering, engineering, claims functions to India as well. Overall, it feels more like a private equity gut job than a publicly traded company.

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Swiss Re Response
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Thank you for your review. We are glad to hear you valued your colleagues and some of the benefits of working at Swiss Re. We also take your concerns about change, stability and ways of working seriously, and we remain focused on ensuring a respectful and supportive environment across our global organisation.
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