Great people, decent opportunities, underpaid - Business Analyst II WTW Employee Review

3.0
26 Apr 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people here are great. You get to work with a lot of really smart people who are driven and competent, plus always willing to help out (at least on my team). There's a lot of flexibility. You can work from home basically whenever you want and our office recently implemented an open office space, which is pretty sleek. Also, standing desks are great. Finally, you get a lot of opportunities to take on projects and make big contributions pretty early on. Definitely a great learning experience.

Cons

The compensation isn't competitive with other firms. This is easy to see by doing some basic research. The firm wouldn't negotiate salary when they hired me and the first raise I got (during annual review) was a joke. I got a raise after being promoted but it frankly was still considerably lower than my market value. It really boggles my mind how this company is so successful and has so much talent yet refuses to adequately compensate its employees. Aside from the poor pay, annual enrollment season is horrible. You can get through it, especially if you have a strong team or are on an easy client, but get ready to roll up your sleeves and work stressful, long days. Another huge issue for me with this company is they recently removed our office perks such as free oatmeal, popcorn and soda. This was all provided by clients at no charge to the firm, but regardless, leadership took these perks away because some offices didn't have them. Talk about a tone-deaf morale killer. Not a HUGE deal, but speaks volumes about how out of touch leadership is. Way to demotivate your staff without even improving your bottom line.

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Cons

They are quite two-faced. Thry gas you up thinking you are doing well then turn around and terminate you for any slight. For instance---you must be on camera during training but we were told if we were sick or not feeling too well, we can ask for accomodation. With the understanding that it would be taken into consideration. Well...it isnt. They throw it back in your face. They do not like criticism. Say something wrong, you're done. They listen in on the classes and even if they think you said something the complete opposite of what was said and taken out of context, they do not care about the truth for you bruised their ego. Do not believe them when they tell you you are doing good during training. Its more about how much you want to be under WTW's influence. In other words, NO CRITICISM IS ALLOWED. I would write more but this should suffice.

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