A great place for a recent college graduate to start their career - Anonymous employee Oliver Wyman Employee Review

4.0
Jul 24, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Oliver Wyman is a great place for a recent graduate to start their career at a top consulting company. Unlike McKinsey and others, they believe in building partners out of 22 year olds. This means that by 26 you may be just as marketable as a 30 year old Engagement Manager without the 300K in MBA expenses. Four years younger and no lost opportunity or out of pocket costs seems like a win win.

Cons

They are owned by an insurance brokerage who is publicly traded. So they have two marks against them: A publicly traded consulting company has keep their shareholders happy and MMC is not a "natural" owner of a consulting company. As a result you can be growing at 20% a year and there will still be no investment capital available. These issues typically impact the career progression of staff rather than consultants.

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Cons

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Cons

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