Wood Mackenzie reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(878 total reviews)
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Jason Liu

49% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Wood Mackenzie has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 878 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wood Mackenzie employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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878 reviews
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.

3.0
Jun 27, 2021
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Pros

You get to work with some of the best industry analysts, great clients, and learn a tremendous amount about the inner workings of the energy sector

Cons

Can be an unforgiving and aggressive environment to start out in without much experience. I was laid off in a completely unprofessional manner - not only was I told I hadn't yet finished my probationary period despite having had confirmation from HR that I had 2 months prior to being laid off, my access to my computer and email were shut down within 10 minutes of the call so I had no chance to check. They went out of their way to hide who was being let go during the worst of the market all while talking up how much they care about their employees. Reality is that it's a cutthroat business. Some of that is unavoidable. There was a market crash after all. But the experience really emphasized the extent to which shareholders always come first and repeated flops due to bad decisions taken by the upper management filtered down into pressure on junior employees quite visibly without any honest accountability taken internally.

1.0
Sep 27, 2020
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Pros

It depends on which department you land. Can't think of any pros for the consulting "team" I worked with unfortunately.

Cons

A consulting practise with incapable and shoddy management that is desperately trying to compete with major consulting firms with minimum cost/staff and minimum resources It is expected to work extremely long hours and weekends Junior and mid-level consultants pushed beyond their limits Arrogant and misbehaved management with limited knowledge Poor pay No recognition Avoid if you can. Doesn't worth nor the money nor the effort.

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