Toxic, toxic, toxic. Did I say toxic? - Consultant Mercer Employee Review

1.0
13 Dec 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Smart colleagues. Good reputation. Global.

Cons

Leadership is clueless and visionless. Some are heartless. The environment is becoming increasingly toxic. People are leaving or being asked to leave. Work, work, work and get underpaid and under-recognized. Reorg, reorg, reorg — all smoke and mirrors for the fact that leadership don’t have a clue. Yep, emporers, we see that you aren’t wearing any clothes! It seems only colleagues in India are giving Mercer high reviews on Glassdoor.

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Mercer Response
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Mercer colleague, Thanks for your thoughts – both on what is working for you at Mercer and where we need to improve. We are very proud of our culture, as it is inclusive and transparent, so it is disappointing to hear you feel like you do not have the positive and productive environment we strive to provide our colleagues. We would like to better understand your feedback, so please feel free to email us at ColleagueFeedback@Mercer.com to help us improve.

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