Smart individuals, slow organisation - Vice President Swiss Re Employee Review

4.0
Oct 9, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work, with an above market salary, great benefits package including insurance, share purchase programmes, and substantial bonuses. Work is often demanding, and interesting, and the company hires smart people.

Cons

Often long hours, compounded by a lack of ownership, particularly in the support or back office departments. Decision making is extremely slow. Can be extremely frustrating to work on initiatives which just stagnate because no one wants to be the first to say yes or no.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

Great environment, wonderful co-workers, work-from-home options.

Cons

Do not sponsor H1B anymore.

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It’s wonderful to hear that you enjoyed the team environment and flexible ways of working. We appreciate you sharing your experience and wish you every success in the next chapter of your career.
5.0
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
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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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