Q. What do Watson
Wyatt employees do on a normal workday?
A. Every single day is different. That’s the
amazing thing about this
job. You’re going to get so many different opportunities.
I’ve done
government forms, benefit calculations, and valuation work. I’ve
mostly worked in the retirement practice, so that’s where
I’ve seen most of my work. Wherever you want to go, whatever
you get interested in, you can always talk to your manager, and
they can get more work for you of
that kind.
Q. What’s
your favorite part of the workday?
A. My favorite part of the workday is ... well,
it’s lunchtime. But my most favorite in terms of the work-related
part of the day is whenever we
start planning for a new project; we have meetings to see where
we’re going to go, what we’re going to do – these
are like our brainstorming sessions. If that’s not on the
[schedule for the] day, then it’ll be a consultant meeting
– to sit in, to listen, to learn how [analysts] react
to people and how they present results to their clients.
Q. Overall, what
do you enjoy most about working at Watson Wyatt?
A. Watson Wyatt’s one of those places where
it doesn’t matter which office you go to, where you’ve
been, who you meet – you can call
anybody anytime you need a resource. It’s very much a people
company.
Q. What do you like
to do in your free time?
A. When I do get breaks between the exams, I’ll
pick up a random
book and read it. I love going to bookstores or even the library
and
just browsing the shelves and seeing what captures my eye. I do
logic puzzles, especially the kind like sudoku and the box kind
that has process of elimination. Those are my favorite – they
have been since
I was 12.
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