Sharp people, best in benefits consulting industry - very conservative industry - Anonymous employee WTW Employee Review

4.0
30 Aug 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work/life balance, care about strategy and research, careful about work quality, well known and positive brand among clients and business in general

Cons

Limited in how much positive impact you can have on your clients business (this is an overall industry challenge), Towers Watson rewards CEO and top execs extremely well over many years (ie options and a soaring stock price have made top execs very wealthy) but this does NOT get shared even down to the Exec/Pricipal level (Level 50)

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5.0
15 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great people who excel in their field and enjoyable to work with; good benefits and compensation; good feedback systems

Cons

a little too much email from corporate staff

3.0
17 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Paycheck is great, people to work with are generally very intelligent, positive and professional. Many positions are work from home or at least hybrid. Continuous learning is encouraged. Since the company is technically British, it is very inclusive and has several networks to ensure inclusion (although some such as the menopause support group are UK based which isn't surprising as the US doesn't typically care about such things though they should).

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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