Towers Watson Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time

Pros – Worldwide firm with personal recognition.

Cons – Nothing that I can think about

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Towers Watson full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – - Consulting practitioners are very experienced and knowledgeable in their technical field
- No ego's exist compared to other Big 4 firms
- Does not require the same travel demands as other Big 4 firms

Cons – Towers Watson is a relatively new public firm and is getting used to the demands of forecasting/reporting results to Wall Street. It is obvious that the culture has changed to ensuring selling and billable hours targets are achieved to ensure forecasted targets are met.

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson part-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Whenever I've heard colleagues talk about why they enjoy working at Towers Watson they've always mentioned their colleagues and I would agree. The people here really are what make Towers Watson a fantastic working environment; despite the diversity of backgrounds people come from, they all share a commitment to collaboration and excellence so it is a very supportive environment which pushes and enables you to be the best you can be. I have worked for Towers Watson for 8 years and have had career growth and development I couldn't have foreseen - every time I've been ready for a new challenge one has come along, often from an unexpected direction. Despite the fact that it's a global multinational, leaders are very accessible, it's very non-hierarchical and there are surprisingly good connections across geographies and lines of business so it feels much less intimidating and more navigable than other global professional services firms I've had exposure to.

Cons – Towers Watson is an 'adult' environment. Opportunities, support, development etc are plentiful but you have to use your initiaitive to take advantage of what is available. People who like to be spoon-fed may be less well suited. Also TW offers a total career/reward proposition so, while the dollars are by no means bad, people who are heavily money-motivated will find other environments in which they'll be able to earn more.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Towers Watson full-time for more than a year

Pros – Fast-paced, professional culture
Opportunities if you seek them
Very talented, intelligent people - find a mentor

Cons – Merger obviously was not fun to go through

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson

Pros – incredible experience as a first year summer intern

Cons – no cons on this internship it was great

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson as an intern for less than a year

Pros – The people were nice, friendly and helpful. But I interned in the data services team so my work almost entirely consisted of data cleaning which was boring. Thankfully, the manager of my team gave me an interesting industry research project to do on the side. I learned a lot from that project about market research, evaluating trends, and creating presentations and reports.

Cons – Like I said, the work is pretty dull if you're roped in simply to work on data stuff, but you might be able to go to other teams and ask if you can help out with their work too.

Advice to Senior Management – Create a more enriching internship program

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time

Pros – People are great if you are lucky enough to find them

Cons – I do mostly secretarial and admin work

Advice to Senior Management – Give your analysts better work and move faster with decisions

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Flexibility, diversity of responsibility, open door policy

Cons – As is every other company, the benefits package is a consumer driving high deductible package. Not much room for internal advancement within my line of business.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time

Pros – A great place to learn!
Excellent study support
Friendly culture
Young company and very social
Supportive of learning
Coworkers collaborate well and do not compete or judge
7% pension contribution is great

Cons – In the UK, the head office is in Reigate, which is in the middle of the countryside and very inconvenient to reach by both public transport and car (parking spaces are only given after working 4-5 years at the firm)
Hours can be long.
Not a good place to earn!
Career progression can be slow especially for technical, non-client facing roles
Career progression very much related to the time worked at the company, rather than your performance or the value you add.
No reward on hard work, promotion is the same as it is related to the time you've worked at the firm and bonuses are standardized
Very difficult and political to move teams, and limited opportunity to move across geographies despite being a global company
Managers only care about their own team and don't care about the company as a whole, limiting employees opportunities to learn how the business works
Every role in Towers Watson is very specialist due to the size of the firm, limiting future prospects and hindering exit opportunities

Advice to Senior Management – Offer the employees a broader learning opportunity and the opportunity to move across teams and locations. Lots of good employees get stuck in the wrong team and then end up leaving the firm when they could have added lots of value to the firm

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson

Pros – Challenging projects, great people, flexible work environment

Cons – Difficult work/life balance, tough to share information within firm, unclear career paths for people not following typical actuarial career path

Advice to Senior Management – Don't underestimate the value of knowledge and experience.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend