Get off the sinking ship - Senior Vice President WTW Employee Review

1.0
11 June 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The only reason to work at Willis is if you have exhausted every other opportunity, you are trying to hide out from creditors, are ok with working under factory conditions and have no place else to go.

Cons

A company run by arrogant people that have no idea what they are doing. Their only solution to fixing problems is to cut costs (see April Bloomberg report). You would think that life would be better post Plumeri. Current employees are irrepreably tarnishing their careers by staying employed at Willis.

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WTW Response
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While your review of Willis is not one that we like to hear, we do appreciate you taking the time to write it. Willis has assembled some of the strongest best professionals in the business on our team, and it’s these hard working associates who have helped us achieve the reputation of being the best broker and risk management firm. To maintain the spot as a leader in global risk management, change is inevitable and we are embracing the change and continue to move forward. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

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Pros

Colleagues are very helpful and provide great mentorship

Cons

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Pros

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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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