Marsh Risk reviews

3.8

83% would recommend to a friend

(1,905 total reviews)
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Martin South, John Doyle

94% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Marsh Risk has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,905 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Marsh Risk employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Assurance industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Apr 18, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Marsh is a large company that belongs to the MMC umbrella of companies. There are over 60,000 colleagues in the operating companies together. This creates lots of opportunities to meet some great people that could possibly open doors in the future. Salaries are reasonable- not much different than typical market value. Their 401k program is generous, as they give you a standard 4% contribution on your base salary (without you even needing to contribute!). Job security was better in the past, however as things are changing within the organization we've seen layoffs and stream lining of operations. Other than this, it's a standard work environment. The culture is neutral, not overpowering but not lacking.

Cons

HR is truly a mess. I was offered an internal transfer verbally, and was subsequently dragged along for almost 6 months before I pulled the plug and found another job outside of the company. Raises are almost non-existent. Don't expect anything more than 2%, and in most cases 1% is lucky. Some departments are better than others. I won't elaborate much more on this, but be careful when accepting a position and do your research.

3.0
Aug 29, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Engagement in the Colleague base is great. Everyone really cares about you and what you contribute to the team. Benefits are fairly good, and the work is done well.

Cons

They promote the wrong people to leadership and don't seem to value loyalty very much. attrition is very high because at the moment they are over working those employees who are there and it's taking 3-4 months to promote or even do a lateral transfer.

3.0
Jun 28, 2015

Benefits good, workload is extreme

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits, though the employee contribution has increased dramatically. Lots of online learning resources, but you'll never have time to use them.

Cons

Running too lean for too long, EVERYTHING is driven by increasing shareholder value. Managers not permitted to hire to fill vacant positions, which increases workload for everyone else, no time for planning, just reacting to stay afloat. Mgmt plays games with incentives so people think they are qualified and then another office's bad numbers are combined with ours to drag ours down at review time. I/T makes decisions in a vacuum, spending boatloads of money on inefficient and clumsy technology.

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