Mercer Reviews

I have been working at Mercer full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – pay /benefits/ flexible working conditions

Cons – none easy to work for if you do your job

Advice to Senior Management – Keep treating your employees well

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

I worked at Mercer full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Smart people, challenging work and positive culture

Cons – Long hours, changes to executive team

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

I worked at Mercer full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great opportunity to become familiar with the Health and Welfare aspect of HR. You will work hard but learn a lot.

Cons – Senior management can be one sided

Advice to Senior Management – Please think through how process improvements effect entry level associates before implementing them.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Mercer full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good company to work for with good people

Cons – Unclear career growth path for employees that I understand they are working to improve.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to do a better job recognizing employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Mercer as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great hours, competitive pay, awesome people.Beautiful offices.

Cons – Work can be a little boring. Not very much potential for growth. Poor communication on status of full-time employment

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Mercer full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Work with and learn from lots of smart folks with deep expertise. Many interesting, complex and challenging projects for some of the largest, most sophisticated clients. Gain business acumen while participating in efforts that have significant real-world impacts.

Cons – Like many large companies, probably more bureaucracy, structure and systems than necessary.

Advice to Senior Management – Unclutter. Simplify. Reinvest. Let people have the tools and flexibility to amaze clients and exceed expectations.

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

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

Pros – entry level opportunity, lots of overtime

Cons – crazy hours expected, advancement is based on seniority rather than performance

Advice to Senior Management – hire managers, not actuaries

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Pretty easy going group of people

Cons – Need to up their salary and bonus pools. Make more room for growth and create more job opportunities.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to compensate employees more or else they will continue to lose good yiung employess.

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

I worked at Mercer full-time for more than a year

Pros – Over all pay and benefits good.

Cons – Lack of promotion opportunity for advancement

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Mercer

Pros – Great people who are incredibly helpful; you'll learn a lot right off the bat. A lot of responsibility early on.

Cons – Client-focused (could be good or bad), A lot of repetitive work for first few years.

Advice to Senior Management – More meritocracy, look to expand into other business areas.