Mercer reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(6,667 total reviews)
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45% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Mercer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,667 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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2.0
Mar 24, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Great work/life balance, flexible culture (ability to work from home), truly global firm, very bright and nice colleagues, easy to transfer from one Mercer office to another.

Cons

Poor compensation, NOT a meritocracy (people are promoted based on how long they've been at the firm and held out... not based on achievement. You will not see someone with 2 years' experience be promoted before someone with 4 years' experience for example, even if the achievement and effort warrants it), no transparency whatsoever when it comes to management. Management is secretive, does not filter down information to the ranks.

2.0
Mar 14, 2010

Not the same as it once was

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great intellectual capital, pleasant work environment, great team collaboration. The people who you work with day to day are the best part of working at Mercer

Cons

Too many internal initiatives that are very disorganized. No work/life balance. Not sure what senior management's goals are. Billing pressures.

2.0
Mar 11, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Very advanced and ambitious technology. Good direction in software management. Excellent overall atmosphere.

Cons

But they work agressively to offshore it. Developers abuse work at home. Managers too absent. Endless debates with no answers to questions.

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