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
4.0
Sep 4, 2012

Not perfect, but good so far

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

* Great location - near restaurants and the transit center. * Competitive salary and good benefits package (including 401k match and generous stock purchase plan). * Good worklife balance. * Unlike many other companies in the area and/or in the same industry (including the company I left earlier this year), Symetra is in very good financial shape and is actually poised for growth.

Cons

* Change management - I'm ok with change, but feel that communication with employees could be better. I do believe that the company is moving in the right direction though. * Like with most companies, employee experience/morale probably varies a lot by department. I can only speak for my own experience, which has been positive. * Parking is expensive.

1.0
Aug 4, 2012

Execs are spending and spinning out of control

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employees with some longevity are genuinely nice and would like to partner with others to build a sutstainable, successful company.

Cons

Execs are 97% white men who all worked together elsewhere before coming to Symetra. They don't have great reputations in the industry, so that puts a cloud over Symetra. (There is a buzz throughout the industry, but they are too arrogant to listen or to care.) They pay each other very well and do a LOT of wining and dining each other at sporting events. The managers are not leaders; they were handed the positions by their friends, so they have no idea what it means to empower employees or foster a positive work environment. New employees actually make comments that they were hired because they are "smarter and better". In reality, they are arrogant and rude, and don't have a clue about this business. HR violations take place on a daily basis, but nobody cares. Leaders yell and curse at employees on a daily basis as well. Everyone knows not to even talk to HR because management is called within seconds of an employee reporting a complaint. Retaliations runs rampant. That is the undercurrent of the new culture at Symetra. Fear and intimidation define the culture. It's sad.

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