Extremely toxic management - IT Project Lead Zurich Insurance Employee Review

1.0
Mar 13, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work life balance and pay

Cons

-Most IT manager have no people management experience and company is not investing in hiring good managers or training existing ones to manage people -A lot of bad management decisions made because it is an "enabled" from higher up - Too much favoritism and politics within teams to keep 'friends' with no skills around - Firing anyone who raises questions against the manager is a common practice - Year end review process has no basis- most managers doesn't even know what the people work on - No meritocracy - Hiring family friends has become a common practice in IT

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4.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work, good talent and good work life harmony

Cons

Frequent leadership changes, lack of alignment amongst Group and LoB, lack of funding for key initiatives

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