Vantaggi
Clients there are good to work with.
Svantaggi
The US leadership group that was brought in approximately 3 years ago has really damaged the business. Morale in the investment group is terrible and the turnover rate is extremely high. The business no longer values investment acumen; it has become a widget factory for investment consulting, where functions are broken down into small areas of focus, and the service is viewed as a process of interchangeable parts and roles, and clients get cookie cutter portfolios and advice. It’s don’t think, do your job, and be quiet. As long as the current management team is in place, they will continue to bleed people. Associates here do not really gain any “real” investment skills here. It’s really just glorified project management. Manager research function is very weak, despite a large number of people. They are very closed to having conversations with managers and having a broad Knowledge base. If you want a real investment career where investment knowledge and experience is valued and you get to develop real investment skills, you should probably look somewhere else. You’ll be a project manager at WTW, not much else.