Towers Watson Reviews

I worked at Towers Watson as an intern for less than a year

Pros – If you take initiative there is always interesting work to be done.
Great people, supportive managers.

Cons – Gets really busy sometimes - you can feel people are stressed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Towers Watson as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Flexible hours. Great work life balance. Benefits are great, so I hear.

Cons – Promised upward movement. They want current employees in this division to take a month of absents before offering full-time. This makes no sense! We are just going to find other jobs and you would have trained and developed our skills for no reason. They are based in the US and therefore do not respect the Canadian firms. The pay is awful. Unless you are full-time

Advice to Senior Management – Don't take your employees, their skills and their loyalty for granted. You are leaving a bad taste in the mouth of good talent. I think I speak for all entry level employees for that matter.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Towers Watson full-time

Pros – high collaboration across offices and lines of business
challenging mandates

Cons – unclear career path
uneven level of expertise

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

I have been working at Towers Watson full-time for less than a year

Pros – People have great personalities and are bright.
Office is a very pleasant work environment.
People are always willing to help each other out, and they take their time to train.

Cons – Sometimes long hours - depending on client work
The start can be slow if there is not enough time for training to happen from peers

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

I have been working at Towers Watson as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – - Very flexible (you may arrive late and leave late or vice versa, as long as you make up your hours)
- Friendly staff

Cons – - Poor management
- Discontent employees
- High turnover
- Low pay
- Uses too many contract employees
- Incompetent co-workers

Advice to Senior Management – - Must review HR policies, improve employee retention and need better departmental management

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Towers Watson full-time

Pros – - Global footprint / brand name
- Because it is a large company, a lot of resources / info are readily available

Cons – - Not enough "return" for hard work (long hours and tedious work for no recognition / poor pay / no career development opportunities)
- Very hard to deal with office politics (no chance to give upward feedback, but lots of "feedback" given downwards)
- High turnover; many bright/hardworking people leaving the company because they can't see a viable future

Advice to Senior Management – - Perhaps it's time to be critical and find out why turnover is high instead of giving the "easy" excuse ("they weren't the right fit"). There are many ambitious people out there who would probably stay if they knew their jobs could lead somewhere.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Towers Watson full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good work environment is start new career

Cons – salary sux; same level of job you got huge range of salary different, and most of them are unfair

Advice to Senior Management – pleaes be fair to every hard working employees...

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

I have been working at Towers Watson

Pros – Career development and advancement, research based consulting services, amazing colleagues, lots of learning and training opportunities, compensation package and flexibility.

Cons – Highly competitive individuals not always willing to work as a team. Lots of people with strong egos. Balance work and family may be sometimes challenging.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to make sure the experience is similar in various offices and region. Not sure it is the case since the merger.

I have been working at Towers Watson

Pros – Dynamic, fast paced environment. Very team oriented.

Cons – Work-life balance, sometimes forced to work into your study days

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Towers Watson

Pros – Great research capabilities, a commitment to good work and exploring new ideas for top-tier clients makes TW an energizing and challenging place to build a career.

Cons – Small circles of "insider" managers and "instant labelling" means you can get stuck with in a bow you don't want to be in - and it can be difficult to find a champion to help you get out and explore other opportunities. If you're not fast-tracked you might as well look externally.

Advice to Senior Management – As the actuarial needs of HR plans diminish, TW moves closer to management consulting. Time to broaden the appreciation of other skill sets and experience and see they all can provide value to TW objectives - admittedly some regions are much better at this than others.