Recommend to a friend
Swiss Re Reviews
646 reviews
Filter
Filter
Full-timePart-timeApprove of CEO
Christian Mumenthaler
138 Ratings
Pros
"Positive work culture and work/life balance options" (in 101 reviews)
"Excellent work environment and good project with latest technologies" (in 47 reviews)
Cons
"Lack of transparency by senior management" (in 20 reviews)
"Relies too much on work life balance for being a reason to have people stay" (in 10 reviews)
- Featured Review
Helpful (27)
![Swiss Re Logo]()
"Flexible work environment AND pays for performance"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Swiss Re full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
-Offers flex hours, work from home intermitently, accomodates pertinent appts in personal life all provided you're a successfully rated employee at year end.
-Aids in your development by providing tools necessary for success either thru online internal courses, mentoring with others outside your business line or supporting expense of education while working at Swiss Re and rotation opportunities to other business units to learn more about other areas.
-Fair cost for benefits in comparison to the cost of other companies outside of Swiss Re. Although costs are rising, so it is for every company
-Excellent 401k and contributions supported by Swiss Re additionally
-Can map your success with your manager fairly easily with constant discussions to achieve your goals
-Bonus compensations are phenomenal compared to those applying to various roles from other organizations provided you do the work and own your success
-Pays for performers contrary to the posts I have seen. If you get clear directions from your manager on how to improve and do so, you will most certainly be rewarded appropriately. Im sure there is evidence in the teams to supportCons
Hard to find large Cons. Base pay raises are difficult discussions as the larger group of employees see the positive numbers the organization reports/posts and then may not see any base pay increases based on potentially valid reasoning but still does not "feel" good to the average employee. Although, bonus compensation mitigates that should your performance warrant such an award.
Advice to Management
Keep educating staff on benefits of working at Swiss Re as I mentioned many above.
Swiss Re 2018-01-25 07:32 PST Helpful (1)
![Swiss Re Logo]()
"Actuarial Analyst"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
RecommendsNo opinion of CEOI worked at Swiss Re full-time
Pros
Very Good Company to work for.
Cons
Constantly restructuring and the possibility of lay offs.
Swiss Re 2018-07-16 11:42 PDT![Swiss Re Logo]()
"Swiss Re"
StarStarStarStarStarI have been working at Swiss Re full-time
Pros
Good work/social balance within the company.
Cons
Systems are difficult to learn/understand.
Swiss Re 2018-11-01 11:59 PDTHelpful (2)
![Swiss Re Logo]()
"Some good and a lot of bad"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Swiss Re full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Flexible work environment, decent pay and benefits, most of the people working here are very intelligent
Cons
Very bureaucratic, way too many managers and not enough people to do the work, ridiculous expectations for employees at times, systems are complex, archaic and break down regularly (the worst that I have seen anywhere in my career), employees are just another number - offshoring initiatives require employees to train their replacements and then management wonders why morale is low. The company is about as inefficient as government. Employees are also bombarded with numerous politically correct initiatives and looked down upon when they don't participate. US employees are treated as second class citizens, while European employees are praised and have lavish benefits.
Advice to Management
Treat your employees like they are worth something. Get rid of the worst systems in existence. Eliminate about 50% of management and hire more people to actually get things done.
Swiss Re 2018-10-23 09:35 PDTHelpful (2)
![Swiss Re Logo]()
"Complacent"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Swiss Re full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Good functional and geographical diversification within the firm; good career development if you'd like to try different things
Cons
Generally 25% lower pay than market.
Advice to Management
Don't glue your focus to the bottom line; people are company's biggest asset. Beginning of a talent drain is the real end in sight.
Swiss Re 2018-10-12 02:51 PDTHelpful (1)
![Swiss Re Logo]()
"Claims Examiner"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Swiss Re full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Opportunity, Advancement, co workers are kind and caring
Cons
Large company, hard to network. Workload is typically chaotic
Advice to Management
Listen to your employees and consider their thoughts and opinions.
Swiss Re 2018-09-28 18:59 PDT![Swiss Re Logo]()
"good place to work at"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOPros
great location and easy travel
Cons
I can't think of any cons
Swiss Re 2018-09-16 15:54 PDTHelpful (1)
![Swiss Re Logo]()
"Structured machine that hires people to tell them how to fit into its Swiss mindset"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Swiss Re full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
High quality employees and brand in the industry ( the latter will take a short time to vanish if management remains as it is now)
Cons
Swiss centric, close minded, political, bureaucratic, unfair organization
Advice to Management
Look outside canton Zurich: there is a world
Swiss Re 2018-09-30 13:08 PDT![Swiss Re Logo]()
"Great Atmosphere and People"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOPros
Great people and atmosphere.
Cons
Nothing bad, I liked it
Swiss Re 2018-09-13 16:46 PDT![Swiss Re Logo]()
"Great company to work for, I'd highly recommend!"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Comp & Benefits
- Senior Management
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Swiss Re full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Decent salary, able to work from home occasionally, good benefits and perks.
Cons
Some management have their favorites, but if you do your job you'll do well with most.
Swiss Re 2018-09-04 10:27 PDT
Join the Swiss Re team
Showing 646 of 699 reviews
Reset FiltersThis will replace the current featured review for targeted profile. Are you sure you want to replace it?
Are you sure you want to remove this review from being featured for targeted profile?
Swiss Re Response
seconds ago
Edit • Delete