Does Mercer pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Mercer employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Mercer. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Mercer?

67% of Mercer employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Mercer 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Mercer?

Consultant (295) , Analyst (269) , Associate (264) , Senior Associate (242) , Senior Analyst (200) , Actuarial Analyst (166) , Principal (153) , Principal Consultant (125) , Senior Consultant (123) , Investment Analyst (98) , Intern (80) , Process Developer (76) , Project Manager (63) , Manager (59) , Process Champion (59)

What are the pros of working at Mercer according to real employee reviews?

"The people you work around are great and there is a great sense of friendship among everyone." ((in 646 reviews)); "Good Benefits and hybrid working" ((in 344 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and genuinely care about you." ((in 285 reviews)); "Great team and learning environment" ((in 129 reviews)); "Good work environment and collegues." ((in 117 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Mercer according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and poor medical" ((in 270 reviews)); "Poor management not able to develop staff a lot of freeloaders drawing wages and leaving the work to a few" ((in 259 reviews)); "The pay is low compared to other industry jobs and completely uneven between job titles." ((in 254 reviews)); "Long hours and weekends throughout most of the year" ((in 117 reviews)); "No training and no alignment with its sell proposal" ((in 110 reviews))

What are employees saying about Mercer layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Mercer layoffs and their outlook for job security at Mercer in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Mercer locations?

Buenos Aires , La Plata , San Isidro , Monte Grande

Mercer reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(6,657 total reviews)

Pat Tomlinson

30% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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Mercer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,657 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 Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

7K reviews

1.0

Nov 4, 2019

Awful place awful culture

Administration service representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None, nothing positive about the office I worked in

Cons

Will halt career progression, if your face doesn't fit your input is worthless. Consistently lie to clients about every aspect of pensions administration.

3.0

Oct 29, 2019

Good people and career prospects but below average pay

Senior associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good people, good work life balance, generally quite flexible, decent career prospects with ability to move overseas

Cons

Pay is below average, best to ask for the moon when starting as you won't be paid more for performing

Mercer Response

6y

It's fantastic to hear that you enjoy your colleagues and our flexible work environment! We have put a lotof effort into becoming more flexible so it's great to hear feedback like this. It is disappointing your pay hasn't increased with good performance. We hope this year end will bring better news for you. Best of luck with all your future work with us and thanks for the review.

3.0

Oct 27, 2019

Lovely Management, but not paid what deserved

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lovely people, great benefits, brilliant pension

Cons

Not paid competitively, not proactively given opportunity to progress

Mercer Response

6y

Dear Former Colleague, Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. At Mercer we take a great deal of pride in our culture. We have many colleagues who have chosen to make Mercer the home for their career for this very reason and so we are pleased to know that you valued this too. Mercer regularly conduct salary benchmarking market comparison exercises and positions the compensation competitively. We wish you all the very best with your future career endeavours.

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