Worst Company I have ever worked for - Council Development Associate GLG Employee Review

1.0
Feb 18, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- You go to work and you get paid at the end of the month. - Good location.

Cons

- Benefits (only health and dental insurance and occasional meals/breakfast). - Payment and Commissions: The job offer is a scam. They offer a basic salary plus minimum commissions of 10-15k but the truth is that you will have to overachieve the target (working extra hours or getting London projects) to be able to get that amount of bonus. - Different salaries depending on your native language (even though you don't specifically work for your market but globally). - Management: micromanagement who only treat you as a number and only cares about your performance. Management get rid of people quite easily in the first 6 probation months. Management usually gives you a the permanent contract if you get on well with him/them. If management don't like you, you are fired (even if you achieve targets, they will find an excuse). No transparency in targets, one to ones (they say A and then it is B). Pressure (management send emails, messages, schedule meetings with you just to talk about your performance and pressure you to do better (again, even if you are doing well and meeting goals). - Development: not at all. - Quite repetitive and boring job. They "sell" you the job as the most interesting and skilled role and they only hire smart people and once you are there you realize the easiness of it and get sick of it pretty quickly.

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5.0
Mar 31, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing people - lots of reviews say that because it's true. You'll work with smart, genuine, hard working humans. Good benefits and perks. Interesting events and opportunities to learn. Overall, a good place to start your career!

Cons

Very fast-paced environment which definitely isn't for everyone. Lots of necessary change.

1.0
Jun 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good colleagues, arguably a good job post college (for like a year MAX)

Cons

I cannot stress enough how terrible this company is. Spent 5 years there, and watched it go further downhill every year. You leave with only soft skills (if that), and 0 actual industry knowledge. Seriously, you leave only knowing a bunch of Hocus Pocus. I am really surprised this company hasn't been bought yet. Or merged. On my team alone, we lost 7 out of our 9 managers since January... either due to layoffs or them quitting. Pay is low. There are no bonuses and it's very difficult to get a raise. 90k in NYC is poverty. There are bright people that come in with Masters, and PhDs, and MBAs -- handing them 90k is insulting.

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