Best place to learn, slow, bureaucratic, and lack of consistency - Operational Risk Manager Swiss Re Employee Review

3.0
4 Dec 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Best place to learn Reinsurance business. Global knowledge hub. Safe place to work. Highly polished culture.

Cons

Perception outweighs facts. Too much dependency on qualitative comments. Feedback culture needs improvement. Politics overpowers passion to perform. If you are perceived somehow in negative lights, you are practically screwed - forget your career in Swiss Re, and move on!!

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5.0
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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.
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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