Terrible ways of working - Anonymous employee Swiss Re Employee Review

2.0
7 Sept 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The facilities and culture is good. The company is diversity friendly and does a lot to make sure the employees are take good care of and are engaged.

Cons

One of the worst places probably for career growth. The company pays very high salary to people like myself just to get them to do what an average 14 year old can do on excel and powerpoint. The amount of ownership is completely lacking and decision making is a joke in some teams. The company uses 5-6 full time employees (all at very high positions) for trivial projects and these employees do not do anything else. It is a paradise for someone who wants to do bare minimum and just draw a fat paycheck, but if you wish to grow in your career, this is a career suicide. The leadership (not the C suites, the one below them) are not managing changing environment well. There is clear bias and favoritism as they try to protect toxic people in the company. The Head Quarters is in Zurich and they make sure people know that other locations are just support locations and can be laid off without notice at any time. I have been in many organisations before but the lack of ethics in this one is extremely appalling.

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Pros

Great culture, people are helpful

Cons

Over-engineering in making decisions. Lots of hoops to jump through to get things done.

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Swiss Re Response
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We’re glad the culture and supportive colleagues have been meaningful in your experience. We know large organisations can sometimes feel complex, and we're constantly working to simplify decision making where possible. Thank you for your review.
5.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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