Towers Watson Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson

Pros – incredible experience as a first year summer intern

Cons – no cons on this internship it was great

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson as an intern for less than a year

Pros – The people were nice, friendly and helpful. But I interned in the data services team so my work almost entirely consisted of data cleaning which was boring. Thankfully, the manager of my team gave me an interesting industry research project to do on the side. I learned a lot from that project about market research, evaluating trends, and creating presentations and reports.

Cons – Like I said, the work is pretty dull if you're roped in simply to work on data stuff, but you might be able to go to other teams and ask if you can help out with their work too.

Advice to Senior Management – Create a more enriching internship program

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Flexibility, diversity of responsibility, open door policy

Cons – As is every other company, the benefits package is a consumer driving high deductible package. Not much room for internal advancement within my line of business.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson

Pros – Challenging projects, great people, flexible work environment

Cons – Difficult work/life balance, tough to share information within firm, unclear career paths for people not following typical actuarial career path

Advice to Senior Management – Don't underestimate the value of knowledge and experience.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Towers Watson full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – good starting pay and nice people

Cons – no worklife balance and way to many bosses

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Towers Watson full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – top company in its industry, challenging work, diverse opportunities and career paths. good pay.

Cons – while team work is strong within your consulting expertise, team work across lines of business is so so.

Advice to Senior Management – Work hard on culture, post merger.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson

Pros – Bathrooms were very clean and well maintained

Cons – Office smelled really really bad

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – There's Lots of learning. You get to work on very interesting projects
They hire a certain type - 'friendly and easy to get along' and this makes the work environment extremely friendly

Cons – There's only learning - you pay for learning with the rest of your life
Management lives in a world of its own and cares only about billable hours and consultant utilization. There's nothing in it for junior employee (besides learning). consultants can do with training.

Advice to Senior Management – Practice what you preach.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – lot of research and knowledge in the organisation

Cons – long hours, the employees are always wrong, managers are always right, make money/focus on sales rather then deliver quality.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Towers Watson full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Flexible work arrangements possible
Working with smart people and established Fortune companies

Cons – After merger, still trying to build a cohesive culture.
Slow to change

Advice to Senior Management – Bridge the gap between Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt associates. Recent initiatives are a good start and seems like progress is being made.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company