GLG reviews

2.6

24% would recommend to a friend

(2,263 total reviews)
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Gemma Postlethwaite

20% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

GLG has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,263 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The GLG employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Sep 18, 2018

Nepotism runs supreme in Compliance India

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- A wonderful bunch of young and enthusiastic kids out of college willing to work. - Approachable global leaders - New CEO is energetic and the future looks prosperous - Free beverage in the pantry

Cons

The management is thoroughly unprofessional and largely serve in the operations function without any knowledge of compliance. It is utterly frustrating that for every little issue, the concern is sended to the compliance team abroad to resolve because of severe lack of knowledge locally. There exists, rampant favoritism as individuals who are close to the management, despite having a poor track records for nearly half a decade, get recruited into the team and then given the space to work on certain key highlights for days without accountability, while undermining the rest of the hard working individuals and questioning their productivity and negating their findings. This is done to increase their visibility in front of the top management at the cost of others. The incompetent individuals walk around like they own the place since they know the gurgaon management. Repetitive and pointless meetings without no outcome. The meetings with the "favorites" are the only ones which last for hours and are done with the aim to highlight their work. Close friends are hired by the management to report to them and be spineless mules. They in turn hire more people they personally know. Leaky roof is a real concern and the infrastructure is very bad.

1.0
Aug 3, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The holiday party tends to be fun. No other positives.

Cons

You do not learn anything by working here and do not build any skills that translate to other companies so you have minimal options when trying to move elsewhere. The pay is not great until you are very senior. The culture is dominated by immature 20-somethings who started with the company right out of college or arrogant people who have a chip on their shoulder because they would rather be working elsewhere. The biggest regret that I have in my career is choosing to work here.

1.0
Sep 10, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good coffee and office location

Cons

There’s plenty of accurate feedback on what Research is like on Glassdoor (see the most “Helpful” rated comments), but if for some reason you do decide to take a job at GLG, do NOT join Research Operations. I have experienced more than one role at GLG, and can confidently say that being on Research Operations is the least optimal choice. Don’t get me wrong, GLG as a whole lies to you about your job/day-to-day and completely bait and switches bright-eyed bushy-tailed grads into taking “research roles”, but no role is worse than being an associate on ROps, especially Project Support or Member Solutions. They are incredibly high-volume, transactional, basic admin/customer service jobs, and not a thing more. In fact, management measures your professional worth by the number of emails you send and how many calls you take and schedule in a day. The turnover on those teams is rampant and for good reason. Like many other reviews accurately claim, GLG is full of awful management, and that includes on Research Operations. Middle management is completely unapproachable when issues arise, are wildly passive-aggressive, and are clique-y, micro-managers who can never accept or take responsibility for their faults. In general, be apprehensive of anyone who has never been in management outside of GLG.

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We recognize that client service jobs can be demanding, and that in many of our roles, excellent client service is paramount to success. We hope you can put the challenges into perspective: we give employees a lot of responsibility quickly and help you build skills that will be valuable to you throughout your career. These skills include how to engage clients in a sophisticated way, how to help clients problem-solve, and how to manage your time well. We trust new associates on all of our teams with the core of our business, and we hope you use every opportunity to grow. That said, we are always looking for ways to make the job more engaging, from leveraging technology to reduce administrative burdens, to workload-balancing across teams and regions, to offering mobility opportunities. And we’re always open to new ideas. Please talk to your manager, or me, or anyone else on the HR team with specific feedback and ideas.
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