Outstanding client portfolio, but overall the firm's grey-hair management/ senior partners still stuck in the 80's! - Anonymous employee WTW Employee Review

3.0
Jan 13, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic clientele, mainly FTSE100/Fortune500 firms Varied projects and challenging work Generous benefits - pension (DC), car allowance, leave etc... If you are an actuary it's a great place to work, if not, look elsewhere!!

Cons

Lots of grey-haired partners and management with traditional views and outlook Lack of commercial and dynamic leadership Long hours, if you are an actuary - work work work, till the cows come home! Career progression not as clear cut, particulary moving from Band 4 to 5....forget about 6!!!

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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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