Engaging Work When It's Right, but Leadership Destroying The Culture/Company Post-Verisk Sale - Consulting Wood Mackenzie Employee Review

3.0
May 25, 2023
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Pros

Data is 2nd to none and we hire amazing and smart people. When the project is good, it's the best place to work. The local Senior Management (leaders of the Genscape group, the PowerAdvocate group, etc.) are excellent - people you would go to the ends of the earth for. Unfortunately, they've been reduced to middle-management because a relatively anonymous group of top WM leadership thinks they know better and that the business can be run with a spreadsheet.

Cons

Leadership post-Verisk sale has only 1 goal in mind -> hit the numbers. They don't care about the people, the culture, or the clients. Everything is ethical, don't get me wrong, but they are crushing the life out of talented people because all that matters is the numbers. Our best people are quitting in droves and leadership doesn't get that it's their fault. Up until 2 years ago I would say this is the place place in the world to work. The last 2 years have been a constant decline and I'm worried.

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5.0
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Pros

Good work life balance and interesting work

Cons

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3.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

Appreciated working with smart, driven colleagues; they were truly experts in their fields. The rigorous schedules we were on were strictly maintained, which usually made for a very organized structure and workload.

Cons

Leadership went through many changes and acquisitions while I was there. The mission seemed to keep changing, and it wasn't easy to maintain consistency in our reports with such leadership changes. Market analysts were often pulled onto consulting projects but were not paid as consultants. This is what pushed me to leave.

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