Swiss Re Employee Reviews
Out of 82 Swiss Re employee reviews, 70% were positive. The remaining 30% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Swiss Re improve their work culture.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
My best advice is to stop the brown-nosing.
Establish a PMO to centralize resources and standard agile project cycle and documentation. Every project is run differently and thus success criteria is not clear nor objective
Stop calling the command/control culture, something unique to Swiss Re; call it what it is.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
increase salary, more exciting projects
pay to better commensurate with performance
Base and bonus should be higher, health insurance is not great as there is a high deductible
Swiss Re's history has made it bureaucraitc overtime, with a lot of weightage on corporate titles and hierarchy. A lot of senior people hide behind titles and thrive merely on networking and eloquence, while not really actively engaging in real work. Not a level playing field for real talent.
Below market average if you work in the New York area
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
focus less on politics, dont always assume the worst
Too much talk, not enough action.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Swiss Re's culture is pretty amazing to be honest but there is a lot of hypocrisy within certain teams, which restricts Frank problem solving.
More true enablement and collaboration in action rather than in talk.
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Compensation discussions should be held in tandem with the candidate quality. Not before.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Standard project management tools and establish standard cycle
Inward looking and Zurich centric; Look outwards beyond Switzerland.
too many hours and in an area where more and more is required with fewer resources.
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
Promotions - literaly frozen and pay hike