Does Wood Mackenzie pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Wood Mackenzie employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Wood Mackenzie. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Wood Mackenzie?

59% of Wood Mackenzie employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Wood Mackenzie 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Wood Mackenzie?

Research Analyst (76) , Analyst (68) , Research Associate (42) , Senior Analyst (34) , Director (22) , Software Engineer (22) , Intern (20) , Consultant (17) , Data Analyst (16) , Data Associate (14) , Senior Research Analyst (13) , Account Manager (12) , Managing Consultant (12) , Principal Analyst (12) , Senior Consultant (12)

What are the pros of working at Wood Mackenzie according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and most are open to helping when you need them" ((in 139 reviews)); "good work life balance and can do remote work also" ((in 82 reviews)); "You are only required to come to the office twice a week which a good benefit" ((in 42 reviews)); "Small individual teams were great." ((in 19 reviews)); "Good working environment." ((in 16 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Wood Mackenzie according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay: Your pay might be stagnant and lower than industry standards" ((in 44 reviews)); "Pay progression perennially below inflation, same poor management (who call themselves leaders) clinging on till the grim death… Radical candour like water … flows downhill." ((in 38 reviews)); "Poor leadership and lack of bd for consultants at all levels" ((in 35 reviews)); "It is well known in the third party information space that WM salaries are low compared to their peers." ((in 32 reviews)); "Experience in company very dependent on direct manager and role" ((in 28 reviews))

What are employees saying about Wood Mackenzie layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Wood Mackenzie layoffs and their outlook for job security at Wood Mackenzie in 2026.

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Wood Mackenzie reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(884 total reviews)

Jason Liu

52% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Senior management

Wood Mackenzie has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 884 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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884 reviews

3.0

Jul 22, 2018

Great Benefits (for now) & company culture. But to Edinburgh centric

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Great benefits. Great health care (like really great. Even doctors office will go "this is excellent health insurance"). Strong belief in work/life balance. Flexibility. Great people.

Cons

Old systems that break and crash. A lot of talk about change, but when it happens its still greatly behind the curve. No equality of value. And of course, as everyone has said it is very Edinburgh centric, which means all the resources and staff are over there. They don't put high value on other offices. They make no appoint to even hire staff that would work different shifts so other offices can be supported globally. For a global organization, they seemed to really only be focused on, and care about the people in the Scotland office.

2.0

Mar 29, 2018

Solid place to do research, particularly for young people. Not so good if you are into consulting.

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Pros

WoodMac's research/data arm is by far THE driving force of the company, so it is better to be hired there. At WoodMac you will definitely improve your knowledge of energy fundamentals and learn to use various tools, although all of them are proprietary and give you little value if you have moved on. Work-life balance and pay are decent in research. Can be moderately stressful before the report is due. Great office location and nice colleagues overall both in research and consulting.

Cons

The consulting arm has intense workload but pays well below top firms. The saddest part is that people have learned to accept it. Little variety of project work in consulting. You will be doing market outlooks for various commodities 90% of your time. This will affect your exit opportunities if you stay for too long. WoodMac is viewed as primarily data/research company in the market. Keep this in mind if you look for consulting experience. Diversity in middle and top management can be better.

2.0

Jan 20, 2016

Lack of strategic direction and especially I'm execution

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Pros

Interesting domain. Great people, no jerks allowed. Some people with great intentions.

Cons

Many silos that don't work in tandem and no one at program level qualified to standardise them by process or principle.

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