Misc. - Principal Wood Mackenzie Employee Review

3.0
29 Mar 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Good reputation in Oil and Gas, but that's about it.

Cons

Wouldn't recommend it for MBAs as wages are not competitive to other MBA recruitment firms (took five years to get to the levels MBAs should usually start at!). Furthermore, a lot of focus on gender diversity, but not on ethnic diversity. European offices have barely any people who are ethnically diverse (Asian or otherwise) in Director or above position. A lot of typecasting - this is how Asians/N. AFs are etc. etc. Wouldn't recommend it if you're ethnically diverse/mixed. People internally don't think that the energy transition is real. The energy transition is considered value dilutive in nature. On compensation - it'd say its not very up or out in nature. So there's a lot of middle managers. If you consistently exceed expectations on the research side i.e., you're on the list of top 10-15% performers, salary increments might be 1.5-2%. Promotions are probably 5-10%, depending on the team. The fundamental issue is that the parent company Verisk has unrealistic expectations of margins. As Verisk makes 40-50% margin (as common in SaaS, analytics), all businesses are expected to deliver the same. However, that's not realistic.

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Pros

Good work life balance and interesting work

Cons

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3.0
15 June 2026
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Pros

Appreciated working with smart, driven colleagues; they were truly experts in their fields. The rigorous schedules we were on were strictly maintained, which usually made for a very organized structure and workload.

Cons

Leadership went through many changes and acquisitions while I was there. The mission seemed to keep changing, and it wasn't easy to maintain consistency in our reports with such leadership changes. Market analysts were often pulled onto consulting projects but were not paid as consultants. This is what pushed me to leave.

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