Guy Carpenter Reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(406 total reviews)
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Dean Klisura

87% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Guy Carpenter has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 406 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Guy Carpenter employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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406 reviews
1.0
11 Sept 2025
Recommend
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Pros

There are conference opportunities at this workplace.

Cons

- Lower that market salary. - Bullying in the form of excessive criticism/undermining (constant nitpicking and setting unrealistic project expectations for new staffs to fail), hostile communication, and isolation (deliberately preventing new staffs from working with others in the team). - No accountability or support from leadership. Managers would blame new staff for mistakes while providing no proper training or guidance. - Passive-aggressive and hostile communication. Feedback and emails were delivered in a way that undermined confidence and created a hostile and psychologically unsafe work environment. - No structured onboarding. New staff were thrown into highly technical projects with no hands-on training, expected to “figure it out” from videos. - Poor communication from lower management, unclear tasks and expectations. Work was assigned in fragments every time, with no full picture, forcing staff to chase down missing details. - Lack of empathy and psychological safety in the workplace. Struggles or distress were met with criticism instead of support. - Long hours and poor work–life balance.

4.0
12 Dec 2015

Friendly team

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Friendly team environment. People are generally willing to help and show you the ropes.

Cons

IT and HR are incompetent. Took weeks of nagging to fix simple issues. No clear direction of the larger picture.

1.0
16 July 2020

Manipulative Psychopaths

Recommend
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Pros

well known in the industry

Cons

hypocritical, inconsistent, psychopathic Mgmt ( 99% men) who are there just to self-serve and manipulate. Sure they pay lip-service to the cause de-jour, but nothing ever improves. Its an incestuous business with no upside or advancement for women. If you keep your head down and not ask any questions, keep your blinders on, and just do work like an automaton, you might be safe for a while through obscurity. If you try to advance you will be faces with a cesspool of ugly politics that will suck the soul from you. My advice, stay for 1-2 years, collect your paycheck, do the minimum, keep out of politics and move on to something better as soon as possible. this is not a place where imitative, diversity, innovation is valued or rewarded. These people are so disorganized, they could not find their way out of a paper bag during the day with a torch.

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Guy Carpenter Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide your candid feedback. We believe our colleagues do their best work when they are in a space where they feel welcome, valued and that they can bring their whole self to work each day. There is incredible value in speaking freely, as the best ideas often come from dissenting opinions and we know that there will always be a smarter way to do the work we do. The type of environment you described is not condoned or accepted at Guy Carpenter and we expressly prohibit all forms of such disruptive behavior. If you are a current colleague, there are a variety of avenues you can use to raise your concerns, including ones where you can do so anonymously.
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