Aon Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Aon full-time

Pros – Significant opportunities for advancement and transfer around the world. Pay is variable depending on role. Diverse employees and management. Brand is not well known.

Cons – Large firm has very little cohesiveness and everyone has a different objective - no real sense of company "personality". Management is less concerned with your progress than with your productivity.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Aon as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Supportive and positive team environment. Given autonomy to succeed per my own strategies. Fantastic Manager and Director. Lots of tools at our fingertips. Supportive of a 100% virtual role.

Cons – Hiring Managers vary in their ability to respond quickly and effectively to hire top talent. Some Managers do not understand that 'time kills deals'.

Advice to Senior Management – Train all Management on Recruitment Best Practices. Hiring top performers should be Aon's #1 priority. Recruitment life-cycle is way too long. In addition, I suggest triggering salary surveys across the board as Aon consistently under-compensates compared to their competition in the Toronto marketplace.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Aon full-time for more than a year

Pros – Breadth and depth of learning on your subject matter, great colleagues, good management support and team building.

Cons – Very fast paced, structured and little room for error. Not for everyone.

Current Employee – been working at Aon full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – None to mention, other than good exposure to large, complex clients/accounts which forces you to learn via a sink or swim company attitude

Cons – Top heavy
Old "boys/girls club"
No development, investment or training for new hires
Poor communication, misguided direction
Management lie and falsify information to trick employees into staying and keep their confidence low
Lacks professionalism
Min to no raises, unless you're a conformist (i.e. brown noser) or fight nail and tooth

Advice to Senior Management – Clean house

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Aon

Pros – Great people and opportunities to advance exist if you work hard and can demonstrate to management that you bring something valuable to the table.

Cons – Unless you are getting promoted or working in a very profitable department there is the potential and the probability that your compensation will not be satisfactory.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Aon

Pros – Aon's a vast organization that offers opportunities to learn about the various areas of the company. One can network with others around the world, which, again, makes it possible to learn a great deal.

Cons – The organization started a huge cultural shift - at least from where I was standing - from a sales-based to a marketing-based organization. The people on the ground who were to make this happen didn't have near enough support in making the shift. There were far too many questions left unanswered, and not enough support or communication about how we actually do the shift. Just "make it so" wasn't enough.

Advice to Senior Management – Cultural shifts require a tremendous amount of information sharing from the top to the bottom. Too often the language of change becomes meaningless jargon larded with self-congratulatory piffle about how "we're all in this together and with your help..." Yes, people want to know where they're going, but they also want to know *how) they're going to get there and what, specifically, their role will be in helping the company get there.

Current Employee – been working at Aon full-time for more than a year

Pros – Company has lots of resources.

Cons – company makes too many program changes.

Advice to Senior Management – none

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Aon as a contractor

Pros – Excellent underwriters
Niche Products and services
Global resources
Financial Stability
Strong Management team
Faced paced environment
Very proud to represent companies services

Cons – I worked as an outside contractor and did not work inside the business environment. Aon's products and services are in a very competitive environment.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Aon

Pros – The working environment is quite friendly.

Cons – There is small chance for promotion.

Current Employee – been working at Aon

Pros – You don't take your job home with you. Low stress. Good pay.

Cons – Very little opportunity for professional development and skills may not translate to another employer.

Advice to Senior Management – Incorporate job sharing in the service center for employees interested in personal development so they can develop different skill sets and not be focused on a few special areas only.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend