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Julio A. Portalatin
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Pros
"Good work life balance - good support for new hires" (in 266 reviews)
"Flexibility: to work from home etcetera" (in 76 reviews)
Cons
"Demanding environment that can make work life balance a challenge" (in 146 reviews)
"No work life balance due to the amount of tasks need to be done" (in 35 reviews)
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"Great place to start a career in HC consulting"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Mercer (Less than a year)
Pros
You have the opportunity to work on multiple projects with allows you to gain a lot of experience and exposure in a short period of time. The team was very supportive and had a great culture.
Cons
Mostly focused on compensation, pay, rewards, etc. which is not a Con but this particular subset of HC consulting is their bread and butter. Just something to be aware of.
Advice to Management
Keep nurturing the positive community!
Mercer 2019-01-04 12:13 PST ![Mercer Logo]()
"Awesome Company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Mercer full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great people who are authentic and diverse
Cons
Confusing outlook on what to do or what not to do
Mercer 2019-02-19 15:59 PST![Mercer Logo]()
"Mercer"
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I worked at Mercer full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
nice and easy experience at Mercer
Cons
no possible way of development
Mercer 2019-02-15 09:20 PST![Mercer Logo]()
"Good place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Mercer full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Good work life balance - good support for new hires
Cons
Management can be ineffective at communicating at times
Mercer 2019-02-09 05:37 PST![Mercer Logo]()
"Health Consulting Analyst"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Mercer full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Great benefits for health and 401k
Cons
Work environment was not the greatest.
Mercer 2019-02-07 17:59 PST![Mercer Logo]()
"Good Culture w/ Room for Growth"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Mercer full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
The best work from home policy
Cons
Subject Matter would benefit from being more Future-Ready
Mercer 2019-02-06 17:43 PST![Mercer Logo]()
"Need more salaray transparency"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Mercer full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Ability to work from home, solid benefit package
Cons
Very challenging to be promoted; not transparent with how best to be promoted, and salaries seem to be skewed, and no good way to hold employer accountable for fair salary information. Since all increases are merit based, and merit is subjective, salaries across the organization seem a bit skewed. Cost of living increases are desperately needed in some regional areas more than others.
Advice to Management
Consider a one time cost of living increase for employees making less than 65K
Mercer 2019-02-18 06:48 PSTHelpful (1)
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"A fun place to work"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI have been working at Mercer full-time
Pros
Little travel for a consulting company, great colleagues all round the world.
Cons
Very HR focused...hard to get broad management traction and experiences.
Mercer 2019-01-25 10:01 PSTHelpful (9)
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"Heading in the Wrong Direction"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Mercer full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Competitive pay, solid benefit package, nice coworkers
Cons
Everyone is overworked and stress levels are extremely high. If you aren't a rainmaker, you're treated as a nothing. Lots of perks were taken away during my time there.
Advice to Management
Give more support to employees and move away from a sink or swim attitude. Working 60+ hour weeks becomes unhealthy after some time.
Mercer 2019-01-17 08:12 PSTHelpful (9)
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"Bad to Worse"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Mercer full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Work from home opportunities about all that is left.
Cons
Inconsistent messages around company performance. Town halls deliver great news that the company is doing well but then a different message is delivered at employee year end for merit increases and ICP. Will be told some unit did not perform well so it has impacted performance increases yet again! This has been the same message for at least five years! Morale is low and your top performers don’t believe you anymore!
Advice to Management
Stop with the constant changes and annual end of year layoffs. Stop trying to reinvent things that aren’t broken just because there is a constant change in leadership. Work on your employees’ morale and faith in the company. Spark excitement again! And please bring educated HR back into the company! We are an HR consulting firm!
Mercer 2019-01-19 07:18 PST
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