**STAY AWAY** - Business Development Manager (USA) GlobalData Employee Review

2.0
May 12, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Products are good on the surface level (they look good/have a user-friendly UI)

Cons

- The products are all publicly sourced research and materials. 99% secondary, public data and maybe 1% primary, proprietary research - Misleading clients, and unethical business practices, especially on renewals - Horrible pay, and no career progression at all. Management doesn't even offer pay increase YoY. You have to fight tooth and nail for it. - No sales tools, at all. This is not hyperbole. They make you pay for your own LinkedIn Sales Navigator... - CRM system is a complete and utter mess. Makes it very hard to get things done, and they dont let you edit the CRM. You need to get approvals and make Lead changes through a separate team, making it a huge headache and taking forever. - No autonomy. High micro-management, especially if under performing - Huge company, constantly talking about growth and profits, yet they don't even have money for the bare necessities. That being said, the CEO (mike danson) always has time and money to spend on his Yacht! - Old Boys Club in sales. Antiquated practices that aren't evolving - No one hits Quota, but the business is constantly showing growth year over year. Quota is unattainable on purpose so they don't pay out commissions. - Bad benefits. Horrible employee retention rate

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GlobalData Response
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Thank you for your thoughtful review. We appreciate your suggestion about tools and are always looking to improve our processes so we take your feedback onboard. Please send any further suggestions on how we can improve to HRsupport@globaldata.com. GlobalData People Team.
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Pros

Supportive team, collaboration within the team

Cons

You never get a raise or promotion, not even annual inflation adjustment. Higher management doesn’t care about you or any other employees. They are only concern about generating more revenue without even appreciating or giving any perks to their employees.

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We’re disappointed to hear about your experience. Employee experience is a top priority for us, and we’re always working on ways to improve. Your feedback will be taken into account as we continue to make changes. GlobalData People Team.
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