Short Sighted and Unable to Make Decisions - Anonymous employee WTW Employee Review

1.0
Jun 28, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I enjoyed working with my peers and the building / amenties were fantastic. I also think the Graduate Program was quite good. There was some flexibility on "working time" and generally the hours were not overly long, compared to other organisations. I think that HR did the best they could with the very limited resources they were provided.

Cons

This place is run by Financial Controllers, who each year ask for more revenue and less cost (brilliant!). Willis is paralysed by its margin and has taken its eye off the top line. This has resulted in no meaningful investment in new products, IT applications and most importantly, non regulation training. There has been no training budget for at least 3 years which is a disgrace. Approval to hire replacements takes forever and Associates are just meant to "get on". Unless you have been there twenty years, you can also forget about having an opinion. A very stale organisation, that talks the talk but simply does not deliver. I don't know why they employ middle managers as they are not empowered to do anything.

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

Wonderful, intelligent colleagues, very collaborative, interesting work, lots of opportunity to move around the org

Cons

Risk averse so it’s slower to invest; penny wise but often pound foolish

3.0
Jun 17, 2026
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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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