To me, such approach is key to facilitate your development. Oliver Wyman provides you with all the tools to succeed that include exposure to the immense library of materials, support services, and, of course, people. When you join, you are assigned with multiple advisors to help you manage your career.
They are selected to provide you with diverse perspectives across levels and expertise areas, therefore would include a manager, a principal, and a senior partner from different practice groups. There are also unlimited number of informal mentors you get along the way as you work on your projects. This reminds me of a business school campus where people are friendly, supportive, and want to travel together. It is not surprising given the global staffing model and the number of travel opportunities Oliver Wyman provides.
Every year each office goes to an amazing location to celebrate working together during a few days of fun. Also, project teams frequently organize remote outings over weekends. Add to it Practice off-sites, Region off-sites, and Sports tournaments — you will never get bored! OW is incredibly flexible.
The priority is that you do your work by agreed deadlines, and you are free to do it how you choose, whenever possible. You are trusted and that motivates you to do even more. I remember I had some difficult personal circumstances that were affecting my productivity at work. Employee Reviews.
You don't have to be a perfect professional square all the time. Differences are embraced. Excellent, inclusive culture. Slightly better hours than big 3 consulting. We celebrate individual personalities and have a great sense of collective endeavor. This is a firm where you can really feel at home. Choose a firm, not for the brand name, but for the place where you feel most at home and where you see yourself being able to work with others to make a difference, both in the market but also in shaping the firm for the future.
Employee resource groups are instrumental in holding conversations and events that both raise the right conversations around topics such as mental health and create opportunities to connect with others in the firm to build community and connection. This is by far one of the best aspects of the culture. That said, consulting is not a corporate job, the demands are higher, but you're challenged, motivated, and gain a ton of experience.
Weekends are usually respected with some rare exceptions. Weekday evenings are generally treated as "firm time. Oliver Wyman still very much operates as a small firm from a tight-knit culture standpoint. The firm also respects weekends and vacations, and I've rarely had to work through them. But with that comes the downside that individual expectations are high for consultants, and there's a constant step-up mentality, which sometimes hinders your ability to manage a sustainable life while on the ground.
When there are urgent project crunches that we know will impact dates e. We plan out at the beginning of every project who has what time booked and are given that information in initial staffing conversations. Weekdays are consistent long hours and late nights, often with little time to take a break. The firm does a good job at recognizing the difficult hours and managing it best they can by respecting and encouraging time off, balancing tough times with easier stretches, and having a good feedback system in the event anything is going wrong.
It seems we lag slightly behind the compensation of similar firms for each title, but progress faster through the different levels that get us to that salary. Additionally, there is no negotiation required - everyone in a region gets the same pay for the same level, so there is no question of different pay based on market knowledge or negotiating skill. Related Bootcamp Articles. Show information Hide information. Oliver Wyman.
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