Paternal Organization, Expect Hard Work, Average Pay, Good Starting Point but Not Long-Term Career - Anonymous employee WTW Employee Review

3.0
13 July 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

*Supportive environment for new hires, but you are expected to learn quickly and contribute ideas in a dynamic work enironment * Offices are usually in the heart of financial centers and nice environement *Work on a variety of challenging projects and learn about multiple industries with smart and competent team members *Great development opportunities, both project-related and internal training; I learned to be a strong consultant and project manager, but would not stay here for a long-term career.

Cons

* Progression can be very slow - unless there is a position that needs to be filled, promotions can be slow *Constant feeling of putting out fires. Because you have to keep multiple projects moving, you're too busy to celebrate wins and successes. Hours are can be quite long, especially for the average pay *Project opportunities can go to manager favorites *Work can get monotonous; the organization says it wants to find creative and innovative solutions, but it's far too tangled in its corporate bureaucracy. Talents can be over-looked unless there is a billable reason to do anything else.

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5.0
15 May 2026
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Pros

Great people who excel in their field and enjoyable to work with; good benefits and compensation; good feedback systems

Cons

a little too much email from corporate staff

3.0
17 June 2026
Anonymous employee
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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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