GLG reviews

I strongly advise anyone considering a job here to RUN. The job description for an associate is a complete and total lie. You are employed to be a recruiter, that is all. Your sole focus all day long is to sit on Linkedin and reach out to potential experts and recruit them to the GLG network. You have NO contact with clients, you are not allowed to speak to or engage with clients in any way contrary to the job description. It is ridiculous seeing as they insist on exploiting highly skilled and intelligent people with great academic backgrounds, yet they can't be trusted with "precious clients" who see GLG as a basic service that merely helps them to do their job and not a priority in any way, shape or form. You aren't allowed to attend roundtables at all contrary to the job description You have no direct involvement with any of the various "products" that GLG offers contrary to the job description The job that associates are doing used to be done by INTERNS in the early days of GLG to assist research managers in their work. They seem to have changed the structure internally to create an illusion of career progression but there is none, just pointless and misleading job titles and favouritism.

There is no clear path for career progression or role differentiation. Employees feel constant pressure from demanding clients and from managers within GLG. Depending on client segment/team, there is an expectation you respond to emails within 5 minutes of receipt. You will spent around 10 hours in the office and a couple more hours working from home, aside from checking emails every 2 minutes. The hours are long and the work can be tedious and repetitive. There is very little Research done; most of the work is administrative. The company is trying to implement change but does not communicate effectively.