Not a job for long term - Council Development Associate GLG Employee Review

2.0
Dec 13, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- GLG has established a good corporate culture, people are very friendly and helpful. Even though it has a target driven environment, the corporate culture is not toxic and overly stressful. - Helpful and friendly team - Managers are keen to arrange socials given the work from home situation - Good exposure to different industries and you can learn some of the basics in equity market if you are not from a finance background

Cons

- Target is not transparent: unfortunately target didn't seem to be communicated clearly during my tenure and we have no idea how is it worked out - Limited progression in this role: the progression is not clear and it seems like you can reach a career ceiling very quickly, progression only seems possible if you move across to other teams like Client Solutions - Job can get very repetitive over time - It is a target driven job, it is probably not suitable for anyone who doesn't like working in sales/ hasn't had experience in sales

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5.0
Mar 31, 2026
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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 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Not applicable at all (truly)

Cons

Genuinely I don’t know where to start. I’ve submitted and deleted two reviews in the past 3 months alone. On the surface GLG seems like the place to be to learn from members and executives, but just give it a little bit of time and you’ll quickly see how obvious the cracks are. The culture here is so toxic, managers either do not know or don’t want to delegate project work so you’ll find yourself getting whiplash just trying to get information related to your job from your OWN BOSS. At the same time everyone you interact with is the epitome of “that’s not my job”. The executive leadership team is a mean girls club made up entirely of friends of friends who have their direct reports working well into the night to pull things together so that they look good. The “motivators” the executives use is truly bullying (like constantly pulling up your job description to purposefully make you look and feel small) any other organization would identify making your employees purposely feel stupid and shut down as straight bullying. It’s truly no surprise that you will regularly see employees crying in the hallways. I have never seen a leadership team this incompetent.

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