Pros
Many of my co-workers are great people who I got along well with. Getting to work alongside these people to achieve our team's goals was a highlight of my time at WTW. WTW is a very diverse organization that welcomes people from countless backgrounds and walks of life. They also have many initiatives related to diversity and inclusion, although many of these can be viewed as the corporation adopting liberal aesthetics so long as they see it being profitable. Work/Life balance - outside of the busy season (approx August to December) the work/life balance at WTW is great, allowing the freedom to step away during the day if needed as long as your given tasks are still complete on time. However, during the busy season, expect to work more than 40 hours a week with no additional overtime pay. This includes the Holiday seasons that fall in this window.
Cons
- Lay-offs - I have worked here for 3 years. Recently when I signed onto work I received an invite for a 1-on-1 meeting for the same day with one of the upper-management staff. Here I was told that my position would be eliminated and I would therefore be laid-off. There was no indication that lay-offs would be coming or that the company was looking to downsize prior to this meeting. - PTO - While the PTO accrual rate at WTW is not bad, management oftentimes make it difficult to get your PTO approved even if you have ample available hours and let them know well in advance. Recently I requested a week of PTO for December (7 months away at the time). I was met with significant pushback on this request. - Micro-management - There were numerous times in which I would create reports and/or queries, have them approved by a more-tenured business analyst, and still receive pushback from management asking to further explain the methodology for these findings. This confused me as many of the managers do not have technical SQL knowledge, therefore causing my in-depth explanation to fall on deaf ears. - Excessive Meetings - There have been countless times in which I have been required to attend a meeting and or training that was either A) not at all relevant to my role or day-to-day activities, B) redundant in terms of training or discussing items I am already well familiar with, or C) upper executives essentially bragging about our profitability all while laying off tenured employees in the background. - Profit > Employees - As I spent more time at WTW, it became apparent that the corporations profitability and the salaries of the executives was vastly more important than the well-being and livelihoods of their employees. - Compensation - WTW does not provide raises to keep up with the rate of inflation. Expect to sometimes go two or more consecutive years without receiving a raise. - Onboarding - During the onboarding process, you will be faced with trainings related to countless different programs, best practices, and technical skills used by WTW. However, I quickly found that much of this information was not relevant to my position and that I would never use many of the programs I spent so much time learning during my day-to-day activities.