Pause Before Joining - Senior Associate GLG Employee Review

2.0
Mar 28, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most of my coworkers were good at their jobs and were fun people to be around. Sometimes the projects were genuinely interesting. Occasional free food and fun events. If, on its face, your job offer from GLG is the most attractive one you have, it may be the right choice to accept. See Cons for considerations though.

Cons

In the months before I left, Paul Todd & Friends increasingly seemed to have no idea what direction they were steering the company in (I imagine this was at least partially induced by a growingly impatient SFW, the private equity firm that owns a big share of GLG). Several great people (some hired very recently) got laid off for no coherent reason other than that GLG did a terrible job of budget planning. This was the worst that things got, but for over a year leading up to the layoffs there was constant vacillation by upper management about what should be prioritized and who should be responsible for it. This repeatedly led to many weeks' worth of work being abandoned or progress being indefinitely delayed, so it repeatedly felt like nothing was getting done in spite of people constantly grinding. A consistent complaint among new hires was that their jobs wound up being quite different from what they understood them to be before they started. This is at least partially due to the above. GLG espouses a commitment to development, but my reality was much rockier. Because of upper management's inconsistency, the skill I feel like I developed most in my years here was how to placate multiple exasperated managers who each want to take things in a different direction and don't understand why progress isn't being made. Pay and benefits are average - they're better if you work at a real tech company. GLG may have consistent strong growth each year, but unless you're really high up the chain, you'll get no spoils from GLG's success (bonuses are totally based on your own metrics and ratings from your manager; there's no equity compensation nor profit-sharing). This, along with a long promotion/raise curve, saps the motivation to stick things out when the going gets tough.

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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
CEO approval
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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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