Worst Company I have ever worked for - Council Development Associate GLG Employee Review

1.0
Feb 18, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- You go to work and you get paid at the end of the month. - Good location.

Cons

- Benefits (only health and dental insurance and occasional meals/breakfast). - Payment and Commissions: The job offer is a scam. They offer a basic salary plus minimum commissions of 10-15k but the truth is that you will have to overachieve the target (working extra hours or getting London projects) to be able to get that amount of bonus. - Different salaries depending on your native language (even though you don't specifically work for your market but globally). - Management: micromanagement who only treat you as a number and only cares about your performance. Management get rid of people quite easily in the first 6 probation months. Management usually gives you a the permanent contract if you get on well with him/them. If management don't like you, you are fired (even if you achieve targets, they will find an excuse). No transparency in targets, one to ones (they say A and then it is B). Pressure (management send emails, messages, schedule meetings with you just to talk about your performance and pressure you to do better (again, even if you are doing well and meeting goals). - Development: not at all. - Quite repetitive and boring job. They "sell" you the job as the most interesting and skilled role and they only hire smart people and once you are there you realize the easiness of it and get sick of it pretty quickly.

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5.0
Mar 31, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing people - lots of reviews say that because it's true. You'll work with smart, genuine, hard working humans. Good benefits and perks. Interesting events and opportunities to learn. Overall, a good place to start your career!

Cons

Very fast-paced environment which definitely isn't for everyone. Lots of necessary change.

2.0
Jun 29, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great co-workers, solid healthcare plans (with transgender coverage!) and excellent leave policies.

Cons

Five or six years ago GLG was an incredible place to work. It was inclusive and fun. Then Paul Todd left and everything went downhill so fast it gave me whiplash. New CHRO was a buddy of the new CEOs and the nepo hires continued from there. So many RIFs that the teams are all skeletal, and everything that made the amazing culture at GLG disappeared. I may recommend GLG for a new grad desperate for something to put on their resume, it’s probably fine for that. As far as the company I loved and genuinely enjoyed being a part of? Well that’s long dead. Management is catty and they’re all watching their own backs, everyone is working scared and willing to push anyone else under the bus.

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