Good company to start but not to stay - Senior Associate Business Analyst WTW Employee Review

3.0
Feb 20, 2022
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Pros

- flexibility working from home (before COVID) - DC pension plan - 401k match - good company to start a career or make a career transition

Cons

- lack of diversity and minorities in management or upper levels. - no career growth. As a business analyst the only tract they want to keep you on the is the BA tract - too much variance across groups and LOBs. Some work more efficiently and equally than others - expected to work 45 hours a week (leadership asked all workers to add 5 extra hours a week) - benefits are lacking. For the business WTW is in, we should have the best benefits since we have relationships with so many vendors. - terrible pay raises (average is under 2% each year). Even with a promotion you receive the same pay increase. - promotions are hard to achieve. You have to work in the level or position you want at least a year before they will consider you. I saw a lot of people being worked at levels above them for years before they were promoted. - as with a lot of corporate companies bonuses are really discretionary

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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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Recommend
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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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