WTW reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(8,071 total reviews)
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Carl Hess

84% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

WTW has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 8,071 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WTW 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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1.0
Aug 6, 2021
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Pros

Clients there are good to work with.

Cons

The US leadership group that was brought in approximately 3 years ago has really damaged the business. Morale in the investment group is terrible and the turnover rate is extremely high. The business no longer values investment acumen; it has become a widget factory for investment consulting, where functions are broken down into small areas of focus, and the service is viewed as a process of interchangeable parts and roles, and clients get cookie cutter portfolios and advice. It’s don’t think, do your job, and be quiet. As long as the current management team is in place, they will continue to bleed people. Associates here do not really gain any “real” investment skills here. It’s really just glorified project management. Manager research function is very weak, despite a large number of people. They are very closed to having conversations with managers and having a broad Knowledge base. If you want a real investment career where investment knowledge and experience is valued and you get to develop real investment skills, you should probably look somewhere else. You’ll be a project manager at WTW, not much else.

2.0
Jul 26, 2021

Downhill fast

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Pros

Great flexibility for working parents, pay is good, benefits are okay, people are pretty good though leadership is definitely lacking

Cons

The last 1.5 years with the pending AON merger has been handled very poorly by leadership. Engagement and morale are at an all time low, people are leaving quickly. They have a lot of opportunity to improve things, but time and time again are demonstrating they only care about the numbers and not their people. it is showing and we have lost too many great people, so those that remain are completely overworked and burnt out and disappointed at the lack of support

1.0
Nov 26, 2019
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Pros

At the moment nothing comes to mind.

Cons

My first few years convinced me that middle management was full of clueless suck-ups. Now I'm sure that the stupid begins at the top. A recent meeting with senior executives has proven that they don't think anything through and expect us to gleefully embrace each new edict no matter how stupid it is.

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