We work an average of 60 hours per week. We do travel to the client site, but our traveling is for a purpose and we don't do it just for the sake of traveling. This is great because we travel less often and it gives us more of an opportunity for a good work/life balance. The company is open to letting you work from home.

The projects are very team based. There are 3 to 4 people on each team consisting of a Senior, Manager, and one to two analysts. The analyst will perform analytics and write up reports that the Senior and Manger will user. The great things is that because the teams are small, the Analysts get a lot of facetime with industry experts who they can learn a lot from.

I travel about 25% of my time. Even though I'm only occasionally at the client site, I get great client exposure. This is because I am constantly on the phone with executives of clients that we are working for. My peers at other firms travel A LOT, but rarely do they get exposure to executives of companies. Travel may seem exotic, but it gets old quick. Mercer does a great job at making you travel only when you need to, but at the same time, you get the amazing client exposure that you want.

The great thing about Mercer is that it has global opportunities. You have the ability of working in Europe, China, Australia, and India. I love the fact that I can work anywhere in the world if I demonstrate that I am a top performer.

I worked as an intern in the Health and Benefits division of Mercer. The work was very dry, not creative, and very mundane. The aura surrounding management consulting does not included Health and Benefits. You are basically an underwriter for a company, which is not exciting at all. You have no room for creativity, you are basically told to do everything the "Mercer" way.