Overworked, underpaid, undervalued. - Anonymous employee WTW Employee Review

3.0
Jan 27, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great people. Loved most of the people I worked with and there were a lot of really smart people. Very flexible work schedule, plenty of PTO, good benefits.

Cons

The workload is insane. I was constantly swamped, even as a re-hire with plenty of relevant experience and company knowledge. Project timelines and deadlines were not reasonable. Underpaid for the value the role brings to the firm. Basically impossible to get a good raise. Hard to move up and the company actually disincentivizes you to get promoted - you have to basically do the job for a long period of time before getting the title. Once you get the promotion, you get a disrespectfully poor salary increase and more work/responsibility. Makes no sense.

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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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