Symetra reviews

4.0

71% would recommend to a friend

(484 total reviews)

Margaret Meister

86% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing and dedicated people to work with at the level where the work is actually done, and the benefits are comparable to most companies.

Cons

New executive management made drastic policy changes across the board, and replaced many long term, knowledgeable front-line managers with much less qualified managers. The company's direction changed and became less clear. With the new management, the entire culture of the company changed, and not for the better. A stated goal was to make the company 'the place to work'. It falls far short of this - taking away many flex work schedules and other employee 'perks'. Most HR reps are more concerned about the company and promoting their own agendas then the actual employees. Gross mistreatment of some employees happens with no action taken to correct, even when complaints are made.

2.0
Mar 1, 2014

Overworked employees and inexperience managers

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice location, dedicated people, benefits, flexible hours

Cons

salary, parking cost, inexperience managers, and lack of team work in departments. Employees leave and they don't fill the position.

1.0
Feb 19, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation is competitive and benefits are excellent.

Cons

No leadership or direction, poor communication, sales execs expect workers to work long hours with no recognition. Senior managers ignore complaints of sexual harassment and hostile work environment. Teamwork is discouraged, while silos are encouraged, due to the competitive nature of the stacked ranking review process.

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