Great people, decent opportunities, underpaid - Business Analyst II WTW Employee Review

3.0
Apr 26, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The people here are great. You get to work with a lot of really smart people who are driven and competent, plus always willing to help out (at least on my team). There's a lot of flexibility. You can work from home basically whenever you want and our office recently implemented an open office space, which is pretty sleek. Also, standing desks are great. Finally, you get a lot of opportunities to take on projects and make big contributions pretty early on. Definitely a great learning experience.

Cons

The compensation isn't competitive with other firms. This is easy to see by doing some basic research. The firm wouldn't negotiate salary when they hired me and the first raise I got (during annual review) was a joke. I got a raise after being promoted but it frankly was still considerably lower than my market value. It really boggles my mind how this company is so successful and has so much talent yet refuses to adequately compensate its employees. Aside from the poor pay, annual enrollment season is horrible. You can get through it, especially if you have a strong team or are on an easy client, but get ready to roll up your sleeves and work stressful, long days. Another huge issue for me with this company is they recently removed our office perks such as free oatmeal, popcorn and soda. This was all provided by clients at no charge to the firm, but regardless, leadership took these perks away because some offices didn't have them. Talk about a tone-deaf morale killer. Not a HUGE deal, but speaks volumes about how out of touch leadership is. Way to demotivate your staff without even improving your bottom line.

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

Risk averse so it’s slower to invest; penny wise but often pound foolish

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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