Go Elsewhere - Anonymous employee Oliver Wyman Employee Review

1.0
Sep 6, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Consulting firm learning, decent salary.

Cons

1. Very poor work life balance (despite the programs they love talking about). Expect a culture of constantly being on call, including weekends, nights, holidays, etc. Expect a culture that doesnt let you take time off for a doctors appointment etc without feeling like you are slacking. 2. Lack of Diversity (feels very white male dominated especially at partner and leadership level). I wonder how many Women, African Americans, Hispanic, and LGBT individuals are represented in mid and upper management... In the SF office, I can recall very very very few. 3. Poor alumni relations (McKinsey etc are much better at engaging alumni. Oliver Wyman is not great at this, which cheapens the brand and company network) 4. Very low loyalty to employees - seen more as a worker than a person from my perspective. 5. We often reuse our work/methods between client engagements. It is rare to have a project where you are really doing things fresh.

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