Laid off with no Warning or Transparency - Lead Ux Designer WTW Employee Review

2.0
Jan 24, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

I was able to work there for almost 8 years. Most people are good people. Made some great friends. Work/Life balance.

Cons

Laid of with no warning in a 5 minute MS Teams meeting on a Friday with 45 others. Could not access my work immediately after. My job search and portfolio are suffering because of it. Low Pay. Not competitive at all. Low Moral. Constantly putting out fires instead of acting on improving software. Archaic code base. No Design system. Once you accept an job offer, don't expect a good raise (below 1% most years) Have been offshoring many jobs to Peru and Philippines and removing American Workers. You may get screwed out of a bonus depending on who you know...or don't know. Advancement is difficult. You can get promoted with no raise. Communication and transparency are terrible. Insurance is awful. High cost and high deductible. You can find a better place to work.

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5.0
May 15, 2026
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Pros

Great people who excel in their field and enjoyable to work with; good benefits and compensation; good feedback systems

Cons

a little too much email from corporate staff

3.0
Jun 17, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

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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