Used to be great as Towers Perrin .... but that was ages ago! - Consultant WTW Employee Review

1.0
Apr 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- remnants of intellectual capital still make it a good consultancy compared to the big four (who suck in human resource consultancy); - aspires to be the mckinsey of strategic HR ... and on occasion does a good job!

Cons

- little shop mentality all over the business - a cottage industry like behaviour amongst pricipals who will give projects to their favourites, shutting out new talent or those that could outshine them - will they EVER reward their consultants with market rates .... ironical for a reward consultancy to not drink its own coolaid - very unfriendly to consultants with young families or those due to go on maternity etc (though they say its worse at the big four)

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WTW Response
11y
Thank you for your review. As mentioned in a previous comment we have recently carried out work around maternity leave which is hopefully a positive step.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

The workload is often insane to put it mildly. You are expected to sort of "do everything". When you are encouraged to speak up if you have too much work, they pretty much tell you "well you just have to figure out how to get it done because we have to give you more work". There is blatant favoritism. Those who are liked are praised for giving detailed answers on calls and granted a month off of PTO while those not as well liked get grilled when they ask for one day off and are told "not to overthink" when they try to provide detailed answers.

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