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Wood Mackenzie has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 586 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Wood Mackenzie employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Beratung industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jul 4, 2025

More layoffs

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Pros

It has a canteen that sometimes is ok.

Cons

Wood Mackenzie was acquired (again) recently by a PE firm which inevitably leads to lots of layoffs to ensure the 'product' is as profitable as it can be. Unfortunately this also means that decades of knowledge is lost and the rest of us are left scrabbling trying to learn the job on the hoof. Although I have been here over 5 years, I greatly relied on the better judgment of others. Most of whom have been asked to leave the company. If you have been here for more than 10 years you are too expensive and liable to get made redundant. Lots of people are struggling with stress and depression and although Wood Mackenzie claim to care about wellbeing of employees, they clearly don't. HR are particularly vicious.

2.0
May 30, 2024
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Pros

Good PTO for those there before PE Veritas took over; Great health benefits before Veritas took over; great matching 401k before Veritas took over: sharp research teams but many have left to go to competitors that are public or start up competitors

Cons

PE Veritas is ripping company apart, giving zero equity for employees = zero motivation to work harder for double digit sales growth with less resources, cutting headcount or offshoring employees to India for cheaper labor/lowering expenses; Since PE Veritas bought WM employees have less benefits, less matching for 401k, less PTO, top leadership all British/Scottish with zero American rep weak but finally have an American representative with new CEO

1.0
Sep 29, 2022
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Pros

Good pension and good bonus. Shame about the pay

Cons

The whole set up of the company is adversarial with very few people staying longer than 2 years. During my time, from my immediate team 3 people left. After I left another 3 left! Crazy turnover rate. Why? Because their is bullying and an awful work atmosphere. I was specifically told not to help younger/newer members as "they need to learn on their own". Goes completely against the ethos of a normal human. I thought I had it bad but others got bad mental health issues from working at WM. The all seem rpoud of paying below market rates because they want "people in it for more than the money". Odd thing to be proud of! S&P/IHS Markit is a much much better company

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