Annual Layoffs - Principal Consultant Mercer Employee Review

3.0
May 4, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Worked with some great people. Leadership says the right things and seems to be very transparent for the most part. Martine is a bright spot. Had a big fail with implementing their new "home grown" benefits admin platform but seem to have learned from their mistakes and the platform has a bright future.

Cons

Mercer seems to manage toward making their end of year numbers and this means every year in November and December a large amount of people are laid off for "restructuring". Yet they continue to hire, which makes it look like it is also a way to low key get rid of people they no longer need (even if there has not been one performance related conversation). Good news is severance is good but this annual fact of life is something that keeps employees constantly worried about their job security.

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5.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay and benefits for employees

Cons

Work life balance is an issue at times

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Mercer Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We are happy to hear you are enjoying your being part of the Marsh team.
3.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great people Good work life balance

Cons

Deadlines can impact work life balance pay

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