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Mercer

MERCER is one of the top international companies specialising in human resources. It is notable for it's work in assessing compensation packages and pension plans. The company has offices located throughout the world and is knowledgeable regarding the corporate cultures in both the east and western business world. In addition to its technical knowledge, MERCER is also notable for its high standards of business ethics and practices. It prides itself on instilling a strong sense of doing business in a legal and professional manner in what ever country it practices in. As a result it is a highly trusted name in a field that had its share of dark history. Working in MERCER is very collegial, with management practicing an open door style of communication. All workers are encouraged to have a open and trusting relationship with their manager and to not hesitate to approach them if there are any problems or difficulty. Likewise there is a mentorship program that is used in the company to help employees find their way up the corporate ladder and understand the details of the corporate culture. This is important given the size of the company and the fact that it is multi-national. Needless to say communication is an important part of the corporate culture and regular meetings and interpersonal communication are held to be very important, particularly when working partners may be located in different countries. Despite the separation by distance, people are able to develop strong working relationships and work flows smoothly through the well defined communication channels that have been developed in the company.

Being a part of the office operations team, I work with different departments to fulfill their filing needs. Attention to detail is a critical aspect in records management here and I consider it as my strength. I manage purchases and inventory of office supplies  for all departments. I get to interact with everyone since I am a office support team member. I look after various aspects of the office facility including the supply room, records room, boardroom setups and kitchen. My managers are very friendly,  foster positive working environment and encourage out of box thinking.

I was head of professional services sales for the group benefits business.

I worked with well educated, dedicated individuals who relied on me to teach and coach them on developing business with their client base.

I had a great boss who I got along with very well.

I was at Mercer for 10 years and leaned about selling professional services and client management.

The hardest part of the job was the - relatively rare - instance where we lost clients.

The most enjoyable part of the job was developing relationships with clients, some of which became  friendships which transcended the work environment.

Workload was not evenly distributed among the Admin staff. Some staff were working lunches and staying late with no recognition for these efforts.  Not all admins were bonus eligible and that made  for some discontent amongst the staff.
Management needs to take notice of such things.

The admin staff was easy to get along with and always helpful to others that were overwhelmed with work.

The hardest part of the job was trying to please managers who were micromanaging.

The  most enjoyable part of the job was the ability to learn new processes.

I enjoyed almost everything about working for this company. The coworkers were great very friendly and helpful. Management was good. The problem with this job was that there was no security. When they give you a start and end date there is no assurance that you will start or end on those dates. I was supposed to start for this company again next week but found out the Thursday before that it would not start for another month. If you could trust their start and end dates there would be absolutely nothing wrong.

Mercer in Dublin has flexitime which just really improves work/life balance as you can choose your hours.
Working in such a professional environment is very liberating. Great management, very by the book and fair.
The hardest part of the job is when companies go bust, we got busier, winding up schemes is hard when you see how upset people are
most enjoyable part is the company has a sports and social club, they really promote work/life balance and organize fun activities to get everyone together

Pros

Location is very feasible
Wide variety of large projects
Growing organization


Cons

Management is very strict and prefers micro managing
No work life balance as management expects you to work at least 10-11 hours every day
Working from home is not encouraged by the management
Work flow is very old school and management do no encourage new changes
Management do not acknowledge or appreciate despite working hard
Working atmosphere is very stressful and fearful

Typical day at work involved prepping the nightclub for their weekly  events. Tasks include: filling all the juice mixers, unloading and storing all alcohol deliveries, maintaining a standard of work cleanliness, assisting bottle service staff with their customers' tables, cleaning the insides and outside of the venue after each event.

Hardest part of the job was adjusting to the long hours, shifts usually ended around 5am.

* It is one of the best working place in Ontario.
* I learned a lot for new Oracle Testing environment Version says ORACLE R12..  I am one of the testing person in Oracle  application. I got good name such as Team player, Time Management,, Hardworking & Accuracy during my testing.
* After testing •	Trained all AP employees and assisted accounting teams on various processing..* To finish my task on time.. •	Active team member for testing and implementing Oracle Version 12  
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The management team is friendly and supportive enough and task management is good. 

Coworks are well educated and willing to help. 
Workload depends on project. 

This is a solely project-based job so teams and project managers change based on project. Good chance to work with different people with different specialism. 

Gives you the right feeling about the industry and good for graduates entering the business. 



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