Mercer reviews

Horrible travel, partners will burn you out, they completely hired too many people during 2000-2001 and then had to lay them all off when the dot com bubble burst. In 2003-2006, they were understaffed so existing consultants that stayed with it either got burnt out or were forced to quit, which only exacerbated the staffing problem. Now, with the merger with OW, they seem to finally have gotten it right

... however, Mercer is also full of people who have worked there forever. Early in your Mercer career you are given lots of opportunity - but that tends to peter out the longer you stay no matter how successful you have been. Once you are pigeon-holed, it is near impossible to escape. There is not a huge amount of challenge, and so it can be very boring if you are looking for a super-career. Some areas are frustratingly conservative. The organisation on a whole is very slow to change and adapt, not very dynamic. Senior leadership lack vision and inspiration. There is not enough "good" churn in its people - it tends to lose the talented ones and keep the the ones who become institutionalised.