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      Mercer

      Part of Marsh

      Engaged Employer

      Mercer reviews

      3.7

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (6,669 total reviews)
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      Pat Tomlinson

      45% approve of CEO

      59% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      Mercer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,669 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Mercer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      7K reviews
      4.0
      May 11, 2010

      Great place to start right after college

      Analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - reputation as the leader in the HR consulting industry - work with smart people - above average pay - flexible hours

      Cons

      - high turnover - hard to achieve work life balance if you don't know how to say no

      2.0
      Apr 24, 2010

      Good brand in HR consulting, friendly, strong team culture, bad pay and poor performance management

      Human capital consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Great/smart bunch of people with varied skills set and educational/cultural background -One of the better places for HR consulting -Periodic fun team events are good -Reasonably non-competitive; colleagues are willing to help you out when in need -Better work/life balance compared to some other consulting firms -Very accomodating to your work/life needs - e.g. part-time, work from home -You can really make a difference by developing processes and tools to improve efficiency or generating initatives to boost client engagement - there is room to be creative and management is supportive of this

      Cons

      -Extremely high turnover especially after the yearly bonus payout -Poor pay, benefits and performance review; getting a pay increase below CPI when you have met expectations for the year is an absolute joke -Poor performance management with very little transparency on decisions made re. promotion and pay increase -Trust issue at the management level. Management is not entirely honest with employees at times -Very political --if you can manage upwards really well, you are half way there to be more successful -Inadequate processes to guide decisions mean that leaders/managers' approach can vary and may not result in the best interest of the employees - Bad managers can get away with decisions that appear unfair to some employees

      4.0
      Apr 24, 2010

      Good place, smart people

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart people, fair evaluation/feedback, good perks

      Cons

      Lots of work duplication. Too much emphasis on the Mercer way and not enough entreprenurship

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