GLG reviews

2.6

23% would recommend to a friend

(2,269 total reviews)
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Gemma Postlethwaite

20% approve of CEO

17% positive business outlook

GLG has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,269 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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2K reviews
1.0
Sep 10, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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GLG Response
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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.
4.0
Aug 31, 2017

Account Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

flexibility, flat culture, liberal, energetic

Cons

routine work , lack of career development and guidance, lack of training

2.0
Aug 29, 2017

Great for Newly Graduated

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good learning environment and professional skill building.

Cons

Lots of focus on metrics.

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