GLG reviews

- You don't learn any hard skills on the client solutions team (or any other teams for that matter, unless you're a part of strategy or engineering) - Terrible middle management system. Your direct manager can be as young as 23 and often no older than 28. Clear lack of diverse and interesting perspectives to learn from - Open format office. Some people may find that to be a Pro, but to me it's very distracting and frustrating to hear endless chatter throughout the workday - No real incentives until you reach Team Lead role (I.e. no quarterly bonuses/incentives for client solutions managers or associates even though they are the ones driving the output and managing client relationships) - Emphasis on "continuous improvement" means that new technology is rolled out with several bugs that can take several days or weeks to address - Senior leadership regularly side steps questions on employee turnover during company-wide Town Halls. Their attempts at improving company culture are abysmal Overall: GLG is not necessarily a bad company to work for if the above Cons don't align with your preferences. The phrase "you learn a mile wide and an inch deep" is true there. So if you're a lost soul and don't know which industry you want to be in, then GLG might be right for you as a FIRST job. I'd never recommend this to anyone who is already in the workforce.

Unfortunately the management level is completely opposite to these young enthusiastic graduates. Many are so called GLG lifers who have grown up in GLG and derive their main experience only from GLG. Many of your senior management colleagues are just not on paar and today would not even make the entry grade into GLG . Overall there has been a huge shift in senior managers from being very driven and upfront to stressed scared and turning into yes sayers. All board level decisions are just accepted and blame is always completely shifted to the one below. You are a senior manager with a decent qualification and work experience? Great, GLG seriously needs you BUT forget it, do not start here! Your colleagues are a joke and constantly undermine you. They may have wanted your expertise but due to their own insecurity will make your life like hell. Leaving you with only your subordinates who are fun to work with