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Q&A With Swiss Re Employees
Our vision is to offer our employees meaningful work with a clear purpose in an attractive work environment where everyone feels welcome, valued and able to contribute.
How employees describe working at Swiss Re
working are quite effectively as one team
nice office, good coffee .
It is a very good company
Value is the best word to use. Tremendous value
Rigid nonsense agile wirk plan
What it's like to work at Swiss Re
- Swiss Re employees generally work 9.0 hrs a day
- Employees at Swiss Re report the work pace is comfortably fast
- 87% of Swiss Re employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Swiss Re employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 100% of Swiss Re employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Swiss Re employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a quarter
- 81% of Swiss Re employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Swiss Re Employees
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How innovative is Swiss Re?
Not at all. Stuck in a process mindset and unable to break out.
Quite a lot within the insurance industry, which means not much overall
Not innovative at all. Stuck in the past and unwilling shift out of its conservative collective mindset.
How flexible is your work schedule at Swiss Re?
Very
Not at all flexible. Often working on other timezones
Work schedule is not at all flexible and also demanding as we are often inn zurich time. However work place is flexible and we are not required to be full time in the office; depending on manager work from home is an option one day per week
If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Swiss Re?
Get rid of the dead wood
Move the headquarters in a high growth market
Increase meritocracy and empower the regional headquarters. Currently have issues in the dynamic between headquarters and regional businesses that are poorly empowered but highly accountable
What benefits does Swiss Re provide?
Top Employee Response
it was great before 2008, but now this European company is following American culture and cutting benefits. However as compared to most financial firms, the benefits are still good - besides medical and dental, other like 6% match for new employees - old employees have 12%-18% and there was pension that froze. Increments are rare, bonus depends on your performance - can be 0-20% or more. There is EPP and other small benefits like Wageworks etc. The HR is very professional.
Not much
Standard package
What's the company culture like at Swiss Re?
Top Employee Response
if you are willing to drive there are always opportunities. Have worked with great teams across different verticals, people are helpful and there is a transperancy and openess. Company encourages to educate yourself and there's world class internal training both off/online. The only disadvantage is there are not too many options to get promoted and salary increase is rare. So bargain the best you can.
Socially responsible and Swiss centric
Strange
Does Swiss Re drug test or do a background check?
Yes both
Yes
How does Swiss Re handle HR issues?
Poorly
Poorly
What's the internship program like at Swiss Re?
It’s no guarantee of a job offer, in most cases the company uses interns as cheap labor force
Below average
What part of Swiss Re's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?
No area is growing fast; all areas have difficulties as insurance risk is underpriced in the current market and end consumers have no money left to buy more insurance
All areas are having difficulties with the exception of our new direct life insurance carrier, Life Capital. Core business never been so poorly performing in decades, outlook is negative for most areas
What are you most excited about working at Swiss Re?
Top Employee Response
I have a job where I work on interesting problems
Colleagues are generally very interesting types
How much and how often do raises happen at Swiss Re?
Never in 4 years I’ve been here
Never since 4 years I have been in the company
How's the work pace at Swiss Re?
Wonderful office
Average, but dependent on specific team. Reinsurance is generally a slow business that renews yearly but certain tech or science areas of the companies are under a lot of pressure to deliver
What kind of people succeed at Swiss Re?
White Swiss males
The Swiss males
How would you describe your overall experience interviewing at Swiss Re?
Painful but successful. It also provided me with a decent perspective on company culture and role
Great, its a though screening and interview process.
How long do the interviews usually take at Swiss Re?
Top Employee Response
Expect at least 2-3 months for the whole process
Interviews are not the issue but the hiring process can take 2-3 Months. This is quite common with Finacial organizations that do a series of Background Checks and verifications.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved at Swiss Re?
Top Employee Response
too many hours and in an area where more and more is required with fewer resources.
Inward looking and Zurich centric; Look outwards beyond Switzerland.
What's the work from home policy like at Swiss Re?
Generally 1 day per week depending on manager approval. In general company allows flexible schedule in specific cases, like winter storms or working from other office locations if promoting working efficiency
What do people at Swiss Re think about the CEO? What do they do well and what can they improve?
Well respected
In your opinion, what are the most common interview questions that Swiss Re asks?
What do others say about you?
How secure do you feel at your job at Swiss Re?
Not at all, cost cutting everywhere
What's the interview process like at Swiss Re?
A pain
How does Swiss Re make decisions around promotions?
Have no idea. In my area most promoted colleagues were Swiss that were sent from the headquarters to the US. Being a Swiss certainly seems to help with career development
What's the best part of your job at Swiss Re?
Senior management is very accessible and can be a good guidance for development
How can I improve my chances of being hired at Swiss Re?
Be a Swiss
How difficult is it to maintain a social life while in your job at Swiss Re?
Average. Main issue is that you will be working lots of hours every on Zurich time if you are base in America or Asia
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Should I work at Swiss Re?
49% of Swiss Re employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 15% are neutral and 36% would not recommend working at Swiss Re to their friends.
| 49% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 15% | Passive |
| 36% | Detractors |
