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      Symetra

      Engaged Employer

      Symetra reviews

      4.0

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (484 total reviews)

      Margaret Meister

      86% approve of CEO

      79% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Senior management

      Symetra has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 484 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Symetra employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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      484 reviews
      1.0
      Mar 26, 2014

      One of the worst

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Close to bus stop, good restaurants

      Cons

      The IT department here is awful. 5 Development Managers have left or been asked to leave in the last year. If they don't get their act together soon, they will choke on there technological debt. The CIO has caused a deep current of mistrust within the department, The staff simply doesn't believe him anymore. Recently, things have become so bad, the CFO addressed the IT staff asking them to talk to her before posting anything here. No one will ever do that because of the IT Department upper managements' history of shooting the messenger. HR has asked people to post positive reviews here to try to overcome all the negatives.

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      Symetra Response
      12y
      I’m sorry you had a disappointing experience at Symetra. The IT department reports to me, and I am committed to upgrading our technology and making this a company where our technology professionals feel that they are an essential part of making Symetra into a national player in the life insurance industry. To accomplish this I want to build an IT organizational that speaks openly about issues be they technology limitations or cultural issues. I need straight shooting and candid input -- which is why I asked IT people to reach out to me directly. Many of these posts don’t give me much insight into the real causes of dissatisfaction — which we can address much more effectively if we work together. I invite any employee — current or past — to share with me your insights about working at Symetra. I will keep your feedback totally confidential, and I will take it seriously. My email address is cfofeedback@symetra.com. -Margaret Meister
      2.0
      Mar 10, 2014

      Not what I signed up for

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      decent benefits, most locations have WFH options, middle management is made up of good, hard working people

      Cons

      senior leaderships is vague and not held accountable, IT resources are very outdated, each location seems like a separate entity-not all following the same policies/rules.

      3.0
      Mar 5, 2014

      They're trying

      New business support
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Company is currently growing rapidly

      Cons

      1 year position policy before you can move around

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