Towers Watson Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great work environment in nice part of town. Small office feels like a community.

Cons – Entry level position, a lot of on the job training. Low starting pay.

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

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson

Pros – Quality of work is excellent, very research driven. Colleagues are a great asset and knowledge sharing among them is definitely a plus. Client base provides a good exposure.

Cons – Low staff engagement due to poor career and development opportunities. Dissatisfied with training/hardly any, poor compensation and rewards. Tools, such as laptops, phones and also travel allowance do not meet the standard of a top professional service firm. There is a large discrepancy between office globally. So my impression might not be representative of other offices. In a few cases communication about important regional issues is poor.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus first on employees, client focus will follow automatically

Former Employee – worked at Towers Watson as a contractor for more than 3 years

Pros – - tons of opportunities for personal & professional development
- smart people
- interesting work
- autonomy
- flexibility (work from home very accepted)

Cons – - inconsistent leadership across business units; some leaders don't communicate, others do
- risk aversion to telling people realities of change post-merger lead to many frustrated & disengaged associates

Advice to Senior Management – Be open - give your very smart people the benefit of the doubt - deliver tough messages without sugar coating, those who don't accept it don't belong there in the long run.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – My group is full of hardworking smart people who are genuine in their commitment to clients. People live the company values: Clients first, collaboration, professional excellence, integrity and respect.

Cons – I would like to see more communication between groups. There have been some post-merger growing pains but I feel we are now getting to be one integrated company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time for more than a year

Pros – Working at Towers Watson provides unlimited opportunity for career growth

Cons – Less opportunity for Innovation within Towers Watson

Advice to Senior Management – Spend more time cultivating creativity amongst your workforce.

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 – You can reach out to anyone when you need help. The management is down to earth, you can easily approach them if you need to tell them something important or whether you'd like to have a nice chat with them. Basically, you can see the core values in action.

Cons – As far I'm concerned, I do not see any cons at all.

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

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time for more than a year

Pros – There are some very smart, very talented consultants who are fantastic teachers and can thrust your career forward
Abundance of training resources and materials
Plenty of special projects that are generally enjoyable and interesting

Cons – Good analysts are punished by receiving more work
If you're not working on the weekends, it's expected that your studying
lack of respect for study time
People who have failed the exam process or are not great workers are generally moved into people management roles (instead of consultants) where they continue to be 'not great'

Advice to Senior Management – Reward your best analysts with tangible benefits
Consider more goals than just billable hours for determining success (like if projects come in way under budget)
More stress on study schedules and 'exam time'

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Interesting work on lots of different kinds of projects

Cons – Long hours, pay doesn't seem to equal work put in

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Towers Watson as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Best HR practice!
Great working environment

Cons – I honestly couldn't think of any.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good communication lines open.

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

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

Pros – Great people - genuinely very clever; great IC, environment, collaborative, genuine , authentic and they live their values; long tenure;

Cons – Senior leadership very average; not terribly dynamic; risk averse; conservative and traditional; too much silo'd behaviour between lines of business (but gettting better at that)

Advice to Senior Management – Please retire and let some younger more dynamic people get on with it

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