ok job for young post-grads, but experiences can be extremely varied with little payoff - Research Associate Third Bridge Employee Review

3.0
Sep 23, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Decent place to work right out of college, nice, earnest young coworkers looking to get paid and enjoy their life after school, sociable work environment.

Cons

Experience strongly depends on the sector and team you're placed in, and there were extremely limited opportunities to transfer during my time there. Target and bonus culture is extremely stressful, even more so with clients who don't place calls, and you have to be comfortable pressuring strangers constantly on the phone, email, text, etc. Work is not intellectually stimulating, though socially very much so. Play your cards right and befriend the right people, and you'll do fine, but it's admittedly a hard place to keep working at if you have a rough start, rocky team or stingy clients, and there's extremely high turnover with very few actual senior senior level staff (team leaders and senior associates are usually anywhere from 23-27 years old). Almost no opportunity to learn hard skills until at team leader level for future careers.

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Hi - Thank you for your review and feedback. We just completed another company survey and as a result a couple of your points are already being addressed. Wish you the best in your career. - Team Third Bridge

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