Not getting better. - Product Owner (PO) Swiss Re Employee Review

2.0
25 Apr 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The compensation is strong, making it a classic "golden cage" — hard to leave, even when things aren’t ideal. There’s significant potential to take on more responsibility and drive meaningful impact.

Cons

The benefits, which were once among the best, have now declined to a middling level at best. Unless an idea has B-band sponsorship, it's unlikely to move forward within the next five years. Leadership often believes its own narratives without reflecting on poor outcomes, which leads to repeated mistakes. Senior management tends to take a "my way or the highway" approach to feedback—an odd stance, especially considering they hire subject matter experts only to disregard their input.

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Swiss Re Response
1y
We appreciate your review and take your feedback seriously. Thank you for highlighting the potential and the impact the work at Swiss Re has. We aim to make Swiss Re a place where every voice is heard and new ideas are welcomed. Please speak to your HR representative to see what options there are to address your advice.

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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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2.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
3d
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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