Oliver Wyman Employee Reviews about "long hours"
Updated 24 Jan 2021
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Approve of CEO
Scott McDonald
375 Ratings
Pros
"Incredibly Smart People, Impact-Driven Culture, Fun Colleagues" (in 73 reviews)
"Growth opportunities, meeting great people" (in 70 reviews)
Cons
"Significant work-life balance concerns especially in current work from home environment (always on culture)" (in 155 reviews)
"Not much work-life balance - long hours" (in 121 reviews)
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Pros
Smart, interesting people. Company cares about its employees.
Cons
Consulting industry requires long hours
Pros
Great working environment (salary + company events)
Cons
Long working hours, no great work life balance
"Interesting projects, great development opportunities"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Oliver Wyman full-time
Pros
Good training, strategic projects, stretch opportunities
Cons
Long hours depending on the project
Pros
Interesting work, good development & exposure, flexible 10 / 11 month contract, secondments
Cons
Long working hours and inconsistent management
"not bad"
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Oliver Wyman full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Very Professional and Supportive People to work with
Cons
Long Hours, No work like balance
"Fantastic people, but long hours"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Oliver Wyman full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Working on interesting projects with a fantastic group of people. High impact work. Opportunity to rapidly build skill set, highly valuable in future work.
Cons
Unpredictable and long hours. Poor (although improving) culture around work life balance. As junior team member can have limited control over type of projects you are able to work on.
"Everybody pretends they care"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Oliver Wyman full-time for less than a year
Pros
People at junior level are amazing
Cons
Very long hours, no life beyond work, very low level of EQ of managers, very modest pay and benefits for the hours and constantly projects with the restricted expense budget (you stay in a worse than average hotels)
Continue reading"Great culture but long and intense hours"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Oliver Wyman full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
People, metritocracy, support, culture, great opportunities, high level of responsibility, flexibility
Cons
High expectations, can never do a bad job, high pressure and intensity, long hours
Continue reading"Oliver Wyman Summer Internship"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Oliver Wyman for less than a year
Pros
Amazing and clever people Very interesting big and small projects Travelling Sense of doing significant work
Cons
Long hours - tiring environment Travelling
"Great place to start"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Oliver Wyman full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great exposure and ability to acquire fundamental skills
Cons
Long-hours and job can become repetitive
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