GlobalData reviews

3.2

44% would recommend to a friend

(2,229 total reviews)
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Mike Danson

57% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

GlobalData has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,229 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GlobalData employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Nov 10, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Overall nice colleagues and supportive managers. Pretty flexible schedule and a decent work/life balance.

Cons

- Poor management decisions with little understanding of how that might impact the overall experience for a trainee. - Some questionable datasets. - We received "news writing" training months into our graduate scheme, after individually covering dozens of news stories. Apart from that, sporadic training - were it not for our line managers, we would have struggled.

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GlobalData Response
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Thank you for your feedback, and we are pleased to read you feel supported. GlobalData line managers, colleagues and other subject matter experts try to provide appropriate training and feedback either on the job, especially in daily news publishing, or via classroom-based sessions, where that’s more beneficial. We also encourage you to use all the company resources to enhance your subject knowledge, whether our own Intelligence Centres, webinars, conferences, or access to our third-party online learning platform and external news subscriptions. Managers can also guide you on the appropriate use of datasets. If there is a subject area you need guidance in to do your job and your manager can’t support it, we will try our best to find someone who can. Please let your manager know about subject priorities or contact learninganddevelopment@globaldata.com directly.
1.0
Sep 13, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good commission if you work hard (if you aren't swindled out of it)

Cons

- The company needs to clean out the old brass. There are some decent managers such as one that recently moved to PS, but others and those in senior sales leadership that need to be replaced. Flintstone level leadership which is why things are slipping this year. - Toxic work environment. He who shouts loudest wins. Bullying is rife. - KPI metrics are outdated. Most companies you call will loathe you due to the fact that they are called 15-20 times a week

1.0
Feb 1, 2023

Toxic place

Recommend
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Pros

The company has some good and nice ppl working (most if not all) of those good and nice ppl still working there don’t have many good things to say about the organisation nor do they have any long term plans connected with their employment with GD

Cons

Firstly if you are wondering how one company can have so much reviews and feedback that is contridactory let me explain. Firstly HR at GD approaches employees (very early on first 5-6 weeks (and asks them to write reviews) - only selected ppl who they think are more likely to give good feedback. Assuming this is to combat the amount of bad feedback left here voluntary. Secondly the company has different rules by department. If you are a data analyst you might like working there - you never see data analysts at the office. This depertment is left alone with decent senior management and lots of flexibility. I can understand why some of the data analysts reviews could/ would be positive. On the sales side or any other client facing CSM, AM role etc don’t waste your time even considering working there. Terrible culture, treating sales like high school kids. Seems like they are stuck in the 90’s Passive aggressive, condescending way of communicating. Rules that make zero sense just for the sake of sending a message. If you are sick, or your kids are sick you are not allowed to WFH. You simply need to take day off. You are either ok to show up at the office or if not your need to take annual leave or day off sick. Office hours 9-6pm. If you have doctors appointment and show up late morning (still prior to midday) you will be asked to lodge a half day off. There is no trust factor and not the type of company that wants to empower their talent. They think that finishing on Friday 5pm is cool and that means flexibility and it’s a big thing to be allowed Friday pub lunch with a drink. Not sure what century this place is stuck on. No marketing budget, (not great when brand doesn’t have much presence) no lead gen or travel budget. Everyone is watching how much time you spend at your desk. As long as you there 9am-6pm (and don’t take too many toilet breaks. Everything is being monitored including this) that’s half of your success. Definitely not result focused but emphasis on sending silly messaging to the staff. If you are a seasoned and motivated sales professional this is not a place for you. Never heard of a place that needs sales reps at the office at all the time. Apparently internal research conducted by GD shows that sales reps perform best when they are at the office 5 days 9-6pm 🤔 Also No benefits (zero)

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