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      GLG

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      2.6

      23% would recommend to a friend

      (2,296 total reviews)
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      Gemma Postlethwaite

      21% approve of CEO

      19% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.7

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Compensation and benefits

      2.6

      Work/Life balance

      2.3

      Career opportunities

      2.0

      Senior management

      GLG has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,296 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 Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      2K reviews
      4.0
      Mar 6, 2012

      Lots of learning but good training program

      Events management intern
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great training program, everyone on the events team is helpful and open to answering questions. It's straight corporate event planning, so for anyone with a passion for event planning it's ideal!

      Cons

      There isn't much communication/interaction between events team and research team, probably due to the fact that they're on different floors.

      1.0
      Feb 21, 2012

      Ok for short-term employment right out of school if you desperately need a job

      Research manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      3 Weeks vacation Opportunities to work with some very high profile (buy-side) clients and industry executives - leads to a very valuable network You're given a significant amount of responsibility in a short amount of time A lot of flexibility to manage your accounts and projects the way you please - depending on your group/manager Some great people to work with at the individual contributor level - somewhat of a collegiate environment with people that are very intelligent, motivated and friendly

      Cons

      Work is very mundane and you're asked to perform menial tasks all the time by clients and senior colleagues No career or skills development - management expects people to do what they're asked for a year or two and then move on - attrition is alarmingly high and management consciously ignores it Poor work/life balance depending on your client base, workload is not distributed fairly among teammates Compensation is below market average - bonus is arbitrary and highly dependent on how well management likes you, overly political. Bonus is also significantly below what is initially communicated as a typical range Management is obsessed with short-term metrics that have no clear correlation to business growth, performance evaluation is a joke, promotions and raises almost completely depend on your relationship with some key individuals and how good you are at sucking up

      2.0
      Jan 26, 2012

      Worked with a lot of intelligent people from all industries but definitely a lack of growth and innovation there.

      Research manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - you'd work with a lot of young, motivated people from great companies and top schools

      Cons

      - lack of growth - thinks they're at the top of the financial world when they're not - compensation isn't in line with market value - too corporate to a point where you feel suffocated - power politics > getting the job done

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