Good culture - Vice President Swiss Re Employee Review

4.0
25 Nov 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Overall a nice place to work with a great flexible working culture via the Own the Way you work concept. Relatively good tech and tool landscape to communicate and work on with high quality support. Strong on innovation and will to be a high-end re/insurance firm backed by cutting edge R&D on products and UW. Pleasant (and often) well located offices.

Cons

Trying to become 'agile' and pushing the gospel throughout the company whilst remaining very hierarchical. Everyone knows their rank and it has an impact on how people interact. Potentially short sighted D&I initiatives that feel like knee jerk reactions to external pressures as opposed to managing sustainable long term change appropriate for the company and the industry. Zurich-centered mind sets.

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5.0
7 Feb 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

They invest in their employees. good culture.

Cons

Things move slowly through upper mgmt

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Swiss Re Response
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It’s great to hear that the supportive environment and people‑focused culture resonated with you during your time at Swiss Re. We recognize that larger organizations can naturally move a bit slower, we’re continually working to make processes smoother for our employees. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience.
5.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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