The culture at the company is very collaborative. When a consultant is inbetween projects, he or she will always help a team that has a lot of work to do. This eases the amount of time you work on projects and helps the consultants not work long nights or on the weekends. There is a strong feeling that everyone in the company must work together - if the team does well, then the individual does well.

Mercer is an amazing place to work at. The people are terrific, the opportunity for growth is limitless, the culture is welcoming and open, and if you do decide to go to business school, Mercer does a great job at preparing you for it. The top business schools know the Mercer name and there are many Mercer professionals that have attended top businesses schools who can help you get into the school of your choice. Overall, Mercer is a fantastic place to work at and I can spend my entire career here and be happy.

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.

Mercer puts great effort in hiring talented people and then keeping them for a long time. They spend a lot of energy training each Consultant so that they can quickly move up within the company if they deserve it. The company allows for flexible growth and everyone can set their own career path. You are not pressured to move up unless you are ready.

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.

You do not need to have an MBA to move to the top ranks of the company. I absolutely love this! You get very high quality training at the company, so you basically know everything an MBA would know just from on the job and corporate training. Promotions come very quick to top performers.