GlobalData reviews

3.2

44% would recommend to a friend

(2,227 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 2,227 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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4.0
Dec 7, 2017

A real review!

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Pros

Pros - Best sales team in London bar none - check out the share price developments since 2007 - the numbers dont lie! This growth has been facilitated by an excellent business development training programme - where seniors spend a huge amount of time training and developing staff and actually teaching them how to influence people MONEY - If like most people you want to make money - there are simply very few organisations in the country which will allow a twenty something year old to actually earn more money than a brain surgeon. This is achievable by a great commission plan, with realistic targets, and incentives to overachieve. A true meritocratic structure. This review has been written by an existing member of staff who works in a sales based role - I happened to look at our reviews on Glassdoor out of interest and I was shocked to see reviews that are complete lies. A word of advice for any young grads looking to apply - if you really want to know what it is like working at GlobalData - check out LinkedIn and approach people who have actually worked here for more than a year - who will be happy to give you the full ins and outs - then you will see a realistic picture building up. Do not rely on posts by people who failed at the job, because they were not driven or hard working enough - and therefore not up to the high standards which are expected here.

Cons

This job is not for everyone - ***** You must want to do sales***** This does not mean using this type of job as a pit stop, or something to do temporarily. This is usually a recipe for disaster. It is not something anyone can succeed at by doing it half heartedly. What then ends up happening is that there is no passion or drive behind having a 'hunting' mentality - and nothing works - with most people having delusional reasons as to why they failed.

1.0
Nov 15, 2017

BDM

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Pros

Commission can be good - paid the next month after sale also, this is all I can think of really

Cons

Micro-managed to a level that shouldn’t be legal Long hours with a zero-tolerance on any conversation not relating to work Aggressive sales tactics that don’t sit well with majority of prospects/clients Most colleagues are unsupportive and will throw anyone in their way under a bus Middle management are just brown-nosers to their superiors Poisonous office environment; charge their own employees for coffee and the floors are like Victorian Work houses If you’re smart, self-respecting and want a rewarding career absolutely do not work here.

1.0
Jun 2, 2017

Take some advice - don't even consider working here.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Everyone else hates the place as much as you, so you all have something in common.

Cons

Absolutely no redeeming qualities. To think the CEO is on the Sunday Times Rich List and yet the facilities are terrible. No hot water, if you want tea or coffee you'll have to pay for it. I once overheard a facilities consultant of sorts say that as a company they were using too many bin bags and that if they didn't stop using so many bin bags they wouldn't be able to get any cleaning fluid. The sanitary bins in the ladies toilets are a health hazard! They must only get disposed of once a month and are therefore over flowing. Most public toilets are cleaner. The management style here is atrocious. Full of very incompetent and insecure people who are taught that the only way to manage is to instill negativity in everyone they manage and everything that they do. There is absolutely no flexibility. Colleagues are told not to be friends with one another if they want to progress in the company. It is a completely unprofessional environment. Think HR have your best interests at heart? Think again! Multiple complaints have been made about inappropriate conduct and comments made by certain managers. With absolutely ZERO action taken. Employees here are conditioned to work far more than their already high contracted hours (40 hours a week. Standard.) with absolutely no compensation. No Lieu days. No Bonuses. No praise. It's to be expected of you. I wouldn't be surprised if the hourly rate of certain entry level employees was below minimum wage. They pray on graduates with no experience because anyone who has ever worked anywhere else would know that the way they treat staff is borderline illegal. They'll do their best to ruin your confidence, so that you don't ask for a promotion or think you'd be good enough to work anywhere else. It's not dissimilar to being in an abusive relationship. Employee turnover in this company is incredible. Take some advice, don't work here to begin with.

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