Fails To Compensate When Successful - Assistant Vice President Swiss Re Employee Review

2.0
Mar 10, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People are generally great to work with, regardless of location they are from. Flexible work schedule and location (personally, my schedule is a four day work week and three of those are from home, and have been able to work from 1,000 miles away for a month each of the last two winters).

Cons

Compensation in recent years has not reflected corporate success. For calendar years 2011-2015 company has averaged nearly $3.9b in net income ($2.6b, $4.2b, $4.4b, $3.5b, and $4.6b) yet after the last three of those years the company has given 0% salary increase and bonuses have decreased annually.

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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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2.0
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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