Hewitt Associates Reviews

Pros

Hewitt can be a very flexible place to work. Many people work remotely full or part time, and many have a flexible work week to promote work life balance. There are of course some roles that cannot support this flexibility such as Customer Service call center reps, but overall, it's a very flexible place to work. There is also plenty of room for growth and advancement. Learning opportunities include class room as well as computer based training, and open opportunities across the firm are posted online for people to review and apply for.

Cons

There is a high standard of work expected from people. And as many other companies are doing, Hewitt is also doing 'more with less', i.e. more work is asked of fewer people. The work load can be daunting. As a salaried person, expect a 45 hour work week minimum. Some rolse will require 50-60 hours. Of course if you cannot work those hours, you can adjust your role so that you are required to do less, but then of course your pay will reflect that.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue the open dialogue with associates. I think most of the changes within the firm have been transparent, and I would like that to continue.

Pros

It's very structured and for people beginning in the corporate world it's a good place to learn. They used to provide good training and they have very good tools that helps you complete your work.

Cons

They will work you to your limit and then add some more on Be prepared to work if you show any sign of competency.

Advice to Senior Management

Hewitt has gone from a privately owned company to a public owned company and has lost focus on it's employees. It's now about the bottom line and leaves behind some of their employees.

Pros

Good pay and benefits, good feedback, options for promotion. Hard work is rewarded and I enjoyed my time there with Hewitt.

Cons

Strict work schedules if you work on the phones, but once you have worked your way up it gets easier.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your lower employee's they are the ones that deal with the customers and can provide good feedback. Happy employee's do better work.

Pros

1. Work Life Balance
2. Flexi Work
3. Good when you don't need any growth.

Cons

1. Career growth is not good
2. Not a good company for fresher.
3. Salary growth is not satisfactory
4. Old Technologies.

Advice to Senior Management

Must listen to your good resource

Pros

Hewitt offers growth opportunities in terms of business knowledge in HR domain and also technologies used in developing HR solutions for clients.

Cons

Unclear future roadmap, specifically with the post merger (AON-Hewitt) which makes one apprehensive about long term stability in the organisation.

Advice to Senior Management

Empower employees by creating an learning environment along with growth opportunities, where employees are motivated enough to give their more than 100 percent.

Pros

Decent Starting Pay
Love the benefits

Cons

Thrown into the fire with little or no training to "meet business needs."

Advice to Senior Management

Stop expecting the reliable employees to pick up any slack for those that ride the clock.

Pros

Good training, good reputation, good resume builder. All in all, the group I was hired with had a good culture that fit the organization.

Cons

Very meak middle management, high turnover. The middle management there was so poor just about everyone I worked with left after a couple years stating that as the main reason.

Advice to Senior Management

Clean up the middle management. The senior leadership is outstanding, it is unfortunate their proteges do not pay more attention to them and learn from them.

Pros

best policies for its resources, work and life balance

Cons

appraisal was not fair enough

Advice to Senior Management

more learning and training opportunities for resources

Pros

Good Work life balance.
good enviorment

Cons

Salary is very low comparable to industry

Advice to Senior Management

Increase the salary and raises

Pros

Work/Life balance is good
Ability to work remotely
Decent benefits
If you want to advance and have determination, you can do it for sure.

Cons

Lower than average pay raises, negotiate the highest salary possible.
Off shore associates are way behind the ability of like positions stateside.

Advice to Senior Management

Look at your off shore associate stance and make changes to get better quality people in the door. Don't let the good employees leave after an implementation to go to a different place of employment.
Pay Raises-If someone is consistently getting high performance ratings and are at the bottom of the pay scale, do something about it, they will look elsewhere and leave.