Annual Layoffs - Principal Consultant Mercer Employee Review

3.0
May 4, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Worked with some great people. Leadership says the right things and seems to be very transparent for the most part. Martine is a bright spot. Had a big fail with implementing their new "home grown" benefits admin platform but seem to have learned from their mistakes and the platform has a bright future.

Cons

Mercer seems to manage toward making their end of year numbers and this means every year in November and December a large amount of people are laid off for "restructuring". Yet they continue to hire, which makes it look like it is also a way to low key get rid of people they no longer need (even if there has not been one performance related conversation). Good news is severance is good but this annual fact of life is something that keeps employees constantly worried about their job security.

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5.0
Jan 11, 2026
Anonymous intern
Recommend
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Pros

The leadership, communication, early career growth, and environment is very positive.

Cons

None, it was a great company to be at.

3.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-Trustworthy immediate colleagues -Good work/life balance and flexibility

Cons

-Little career pathing within company. Organization is extremely siloed, and cheap as they simply aren't interested in paying for small things to advance one's career like local industry conferences and events such as team holiday dinners that would have minimal impact on the company's bottom line. -Pay not aligned with skills or talent marketplace -One would think a benefits/career consultant would have decent pay and benefits. This is not the case

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