GLG reviews

It's a really strange role where it isn't good for anyone who is interested in finance, consulting, law, strategy, or anything really. You get brief exposure to what's happening in whatever sector you're aligned with, but it's generally so devoid of context that you don't really gain anything from it, nor do you really get time to truly research and understand it. You'd be better off reading the news (they do have Bloomberg news on the TVs in the office, but good luck watching without scrutiny, very strange and performative move by management/leadership). Metrics-driven. If your team is performing well, your metrics will rise (your reward for work is more work). If you inherit an underperforming book, prepare to spend most of your days doing nothing while somehow also grinding for months (every intake is treated as urgent) for no bonus (shareholder value tho!). Painfully repetitive and becoming more and more reliant on an AI workflow (which is good, it DOES make an easy job even easier, but it really does reduce the job to button pushing and phone calls), little if any emphasis on professional development, major divide between junior staff, middle management, and leadership. If you are a new grad looking for a job, unless you have no other options, please do something else. You may see the salary range and think it is worth it (it is definitely above average for new grads/entry level), but I guarantee that you will be happier making less money if you're doing something you are either interested in or has a positive social impact. The company lacks a real identity or culture, and it will wear you down.

GLG needs to sort out their middle management: multiple members of management bully junior employees, adversely impacting their mental health, and HR has done nothing to resolve this. The private equity division is particularly toxic and promotions are only given to those who are well-liked by management, versus those who are actually achieving in the role - it’s very much one rule for one person, and another rule for others. The company also champions and promotes employees who are rude and unable to partner with their peers. We are at the point now where these toxic members of staff are reaching senior positions in the business, which is extremely concerning. GLG also fosters a really immature blaming/finger pointing environment, the smallest thing will happen and it is the end of the world - please deal with things more maturely. Employees are severely burned out. This has been raised to management yet, instead of actually doing something about it, management decides to dissolve their scheduling team and give more work to those who are burned out (with no warning and no compensation change). Unfortunately having “more client ownership” and “360 servicing” won’t help employees pay their bills! To top it all off, the company has inflicted a three day office policy upon staff, which is a real slap in the face for those tenured employees who have head minimal pay increases and progression in the company, and the company offers no flexibility.