Marsh & McLennan Companies Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Marsh & McLennan Companies full-time for less than a year

Pros – 2 reason to work with mercer is knowledge enhancement and one of the top employee friendly organisation.

Cons – nothing down every thing is up except one thing whenever we do strecth to complete all the work and for teh betterment of the organization we dont get much attention.MONEY DOES NOT MATTER BUT SHOULD BE SOMETHING.

Advice to Senior Management – to listen employees what they suggest and understand the situation they face sometime. that will build a good relation b/w them and they will work fantastically together without any glitvh b/w them.

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

Current Employee – been working at Marsh & McLennan Companies full-time for more than a year

Pros – Proactive and agressive expansion plans

Cons – Multiple subsidiaries competing against each other in the same market

Advice to Senior Management – Don't acquire if you can't integrate the operations

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

Former Employee – worked at Marsh & McLennan Companies full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good place to learn and freedom to operate

Cons – Bad for operational roles but good for sales roles

Advice to Senior Management – Talent managment means trying to save talented older guys in the system. Older colleagues leaving is talent leakage and needs to be saved for progress of employement.

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

Current Employee – been working at Marsh & McLennan Companies full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – interesting work, autonomy - if you are extremely conscientious and thrive on work - this is the place for you - there is an excess of work for some consultants

Cons – Management is self aware but not employee aware - lack of recognition of the amount of work and lack of support for claims employees other than management. Department crossover understanding lacking - insufficient employees for work expected very stressful - claims department staff detached from the rest of the company

Advice to Senior Management – be more responsive to intermediate employee needs, expect to pay a decent wage to get competent support staff - actually hire support staff - claims department is pared down - too far for the work expected

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Marsh & McLennan Companies full-time for more than a year

Pros – great culture
Career expansion opportunities
Great Working space

Cons – Long hours
Had no parking space

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Marsh & McLennan Companies full-time

Pros – Good salary
Nice people
They try to respect work/life balance in many positions (not all)
They hire artists
Great benefits
Access to a lot of education

Cons – Corporate America is disgusting
Kind of cheap w/ basic office perks unless you are on top exec floor

Advice to Senior Management – I loved my management. Worked in the corporate legal dept. and they were respectful and kind.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Marsh & McLennan Companies full-time for more than a year

Pros – None that I can think of.

Cons – Not family friendly at all, Managers unconserned with there employees. Lack of education on their Supplemental Insurances!!! I worked in collections for 2 years before this and would much rather work in collections than Marsh C.S.

Advice to Senior Management – You should be on top of all insurances and be more family friendly!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Marsh & McLennan Companies full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Friendly, and largely non-political atmosphere.
Stable, not-too-competitive working environment.
Good people to work with generally.
Plenty of scope to change roles and move around within the company if you want to.
Good work-life balance, if that's a priority.
Salary rates are decent. Not the best around but above average.

Cons – Slow decision making sometimes.
Poor office environment/facilities.
Career progression can feel a little slow.
Some frustration due to inefficient processes that sometimes result in slow resolution of problems or inability to move a project forward.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to get rid of some of the "red tape". Tasks frequently take much longer and a lot more effort than they should due to inefficient processes and lack of access.
Get out of your offices and talk to people. Town Halls are not a great way to communicate.

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

Current Employee – been working at Marsh & McLennan Companies as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Well run, good communication between staff and upper management, opportunities for new voices to be heard.

Cons – Challenges of meshing the local cultural needs with internal work space.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep ambitious younger employees motivated and on long term career track.

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

Current Employee – been working at Marsh & McLennan Companies full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great culture, people, and process

Cons – Too buracratic and too many processes

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend