High performers get <2% raises - Anonymous employee WTW Employee Review

1.0
Mar 16, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

My direct manager and team are good people and we do interesting projects. I have learned a lot on the job.

Cons

High performers (4 and 5s on 5 point performance rating scale) receive little if any additional merit raise. Annual merit raises have been 0-2% for average performers and 1-3% for the highest performers (who could probably get 10-20% by leaving). High turnover and no effort is made to retain talent (embarrassing as we are a talent and rewards consulting company). Senior leadership generally does not provide much explanation for why compensation has been so low.

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Pros

Wonderful, intelligent colleagues, very collaborative, interesting work, lots of opportunity to move around the org

Cons

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3.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

Paycheck is great, people to work with are generally very intelligent, positive and professional. Many positions are work from home or at least hybrid. Continuous learning is encouraged. Since the company is technically British, it is very inclusive and has several networks to ensure inclusion (although some such as the menopause support group are UK based which isn't surprising as the US doesn't typically care about such things though they should).

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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