Mercer reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(6,665 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 6,665 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
Aug 14, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Great colleagues. There is a lot of talent and many people to learn from. The atmosphere is relatively relaxed. Supervisors are understanding and management is approachable.

Cons

Workload can be heavy and unpredictable at times. Some weeks you are expected to work 60+ hours without any warning. Compensation is average and doesn't always make up for the long hours required.

2.0
Apr 6, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good place for 1st job recent college grads. Good benefits. Learn alot, the environment is okay. You have to beg for it but most people are willing to help you understand concepts. All work duties can be done remote, even though leadership doesnt like it.

Cons

No training, learn through trial and error, no support. Leadership is concerned with budget and not their people. Promotions are given based on favorites and not work ethic. You only hear from management when there is a problem. The even more problem is that no one knows the functions of their job, so when you ask questions get at least 3 -5 answers and go to upper leadership because you will get different answers. Pay can be better and raises are very minimal (1%). No work life balance but you do have slow times which is about 50 works pet week but most months are peek times at least 65 hours per week. Very political, people play mind games and try to run you over even in the beginning so you better learn fast. You would think that all the services we provide would allow you to move within the company to different departments and job functions but they dont, leadership blocks you moving moving to different subsidiaries in the company. So choose well. Personally I do not like the work I do, as an analyst its busy work no applying thoughts and drawing conclusions.

2.0
Jan 15, 2016

It was time to move on

Recommend
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Pros

The people are dedicated and talented they want to add value to the business and do right by our customers. CEO is inspiring

Cons

Leadership is lacking and seem to be paralyzed. We hear Julio say good stuff but it does not seem to be carried through outside the quarterly meetings. We advise clients on how to best manage their talent, and yet we don't seem to follow that advice ourselves. Technology (especially supporting the back office) is outdated.

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