Extinguishing Industry - Retirement Actuarial Associate WTW Employee Review

2.0
7 June 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The analytical knowledge learned while at Towers Watson, although hard to apply in other industries, was quite extensive. You tend to become a pension expert.

Cons

It was clear the Retirement Line of Business is fastly extinguishing. During the two years at Towers Watson, I saw many of the pension plans either frozen or terminated. We NEVER saw a prospect thinking of adding it as part of their benefits. Clients know they are better off with a well built 401k account, or other employee benefits, products the Retirement Line of Business does not manage.

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5.0
19 June 2026
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Pros

Colleagues are very helpful and provide great mentorship

Cons

Some frustrating internal admin processes that can be a drain on time

3.0
17 June 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

Paycheck is great, people to work with are generally very intelligent, positive and professional. Many positions are work from home or at least hybrid. Continuous learning is encouraged. Since the company is technically British, it is very inclusive and has several networks to ensure inclusion (although some such as the menopause support group are UK based which isn't surprising as the US doesn't typically care about such things though they should).

Cons

The workload is often insane to put it mildly. You are expected to sort of "do everything". When you are encouraged to speak up if you have too much work, they pretty much tell you "well you just have to figure out how to get it done because we have to give you more work". There is blatant favoritism. Those who are liked are praised for giving detailed answers on calls and granted a month off of PTO while those not as well liked get grilled when they ask for one day off and are told "not to overthink" when they try to provide detailed answers.

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