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    Swiss Re Reviews

    Updated October 4, 2017
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    Swiss Re Group Chief Executive Officer Christian Mumenthaler
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    • Non-stable senior management team hence you don't know what to focus on (in 22 reviews)

    • Things move a little slowly; decision making authority limited to a select few (in 10 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      Helpful (8)

      "Top employer"

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      Current Employee - Business Manager in City of London, England (UK)
      Current Employee - Business Manager in City of London, England (UK)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Swiss Re full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      A professional company, top of class. Good benefits, facilities and staff events, supports charity of the year, has a sports and social club. Also promotes personal development and growth and there's many career opportunities within the organisation if you're happy to travel. New office spaces promotes collaboration and flexible working which is nice.

      Cons

      Global company, has a matrix/model. Often slow to implement and manage change due to complexity. Zurich centralised which can mean longer working hours to fit their hours, no overtime is paid to UK employees which can cause a challenge with work and life balance.

      Advice to Management

      Recognise and reward global team members based outside of zürich at associate and assistant vice president level who work longer hours to fit Zurich and other regional timezones to support key strategic projects for the group.

    2. "Overall good"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Fort Wayne, IN
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Fort Wayne, IN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Swiss Re full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great benefits, great people, and really cool building.

      Cons

      Huge company, so lots of hoops to jump through for changes.

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    3. Helpful (1)

      "Compliance Analyst"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Swiss Re full-time

      Pros

      Good salary and overall benefits.

      Cons

      No room for growth. Little work-personal life balance.

    4. "Overall a very good company"

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      Current Employee - Underwriter in Chicago, IL
      Current Employee - Underwriter in Chicago, IL
      Recommends

      I have been working at Swiss Re full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Fair pay and great benefits. 6% 401K match and yearly profit sharing.

      Cons

      Lots of corporate politics within the office.

    5. Helpful (2)

      "Swiss Re Americas"

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      Current Employee - Vice President in Armonk, NY
      Current Employee - Vice President in Armonk, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Swiss Re full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Stable company leader in the reinsurance sector. Top employer in Zurich, yet average elsewhere. Promotes some degree of internal mobility and international assignments from the HQ, less from the hubs. Strong brand in the insurance industry.

      Cons

      Limited opportunities for growth in the hubs. Slow paced and bureaucratic at times. Compensation is average in the hubs and takes decades for raises.

      Advice to Management

      There is a clear need for a serious retention strategy of talents in the hubs and to align compensation, perks, benefits and vacation standards globally across the organization.

    6. Helpful (3)

      "Good organization to work for, but fraught with a lot of internal politics"

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      Current Employee - Senior Vice President, Operations in Armonk, NY
      Current Employee - Senior Vice President, Operations in Armonk, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Swiss Re full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great compensation. Global organization with good opportunities for advancement in a number of roles. Investment in technology is seen as key for the success of the firm long term.

      Cons

      Weak senior executive leadership. Lack of true strategic vision for topics such as operations. Extremely Zurich centric - essentially if one is not based in Switzerland employees are treated like second class citizens.

      Advice to Management

      Move into the 21st century and value your talent regardless of where they are based. We have the technology to make global organizations effective.

    7. "Great company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Swiss Re full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great benefits, flexibility, people, and salary.

      Cons

      No growth unless department change, and work load is low to my preference.

    8. "Director"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Swiss Re full-time

      Pros

      nice people, interesting work, good sense of work life balance

      Cons

      nothing really in terms of cons. it was an ok place to work

      Advice to Management

      greater transparency in terms of changes at the senior management level and overlap of management roles between europe and us

    9. "Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Swiss Re full-time

      Pros

      401 K, working from home policy, global company

      Cons

      Need better planning in tasks to be completed within a reporting period and better planning in workload. Sometimes this job could be very stressful. e.g. work at almost every night and every weekend for continuous 6 weeks.

      Sometimes feel like, engineers are tools. The only feature required is 'easy to use' and be able to use whenever needed.

      Advice to Management

      The higher the position, the more responsibilities should come with that position. Sometimes when issue happens, no one from mangement team is out there to make sure the issue is resolved.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "North America"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Swiss Re full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great Benefits, 401K, and vacation time

      Cons

      Management is horrible and have no integrity nor professionalism in the workplace

      Advice to Management

      Get involved with your department monitor your employees especially the ones stealing time right under your nose and not to mention sleeping on the job

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