Great company...okay office environment - Underwriter Swiss Re Employee Review

3.0
Mar 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company itself was great. Great health insurance and overall benefits. Salary okay. In all, I could never complain about the actual company.

Cons

Not crazy about some of my co-workers in my department. At times, I felt as if I was back in high school with the clicks. My co-workers were nice as individuals, but put them all together...ugh! It wasn't uncommon for some to take 2 1/2 hour lunches to go shopping on Michigan Avenue, have personal shoppers meet them down in the lobby and then model their clothes in the office hallway, or just go out drinking knocking back two pitches of booze and then returning to work. My favorite, showing up late to work in the morning because they wanted to go out to breakfast and never calling to say they will be in...they would just show up to work after they got done eating...at 10:00 a.m. I suppose if I was into all that I would have enjoyed my experience a little more, but I was too honest and probably way too uptight. However, got along real well with people in other departments. They didn't pull that nonsense. Remember, when your co-workers do stuff like that...somebody always pays for it.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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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
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility, European Benefits, Retirement Match

Cons

Zero career growth, continual 'do more with less', currently covering 3 roles

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