GlobalData reviews

3.2

44% would recommend to a friend

(2,229 total reviews)
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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
5.0
Oct 22, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The training programme is the best I have experienced. Learn skills to ensure a long career at the company. Effort and attitude is valued even if numbers aren't great.

Cons

The general facilities, coffee, canteen etc. These are however being improved slowly, we have just all received new computers with dual screens.

1.0
Oct 16, 2019

Beware! The Politics will suck your potential

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Salary on time, a bit of flexibility

Cons

There are micro levels of politics and there are micro levels of micromanagement and then there are multi-layers of organizational hierarchy. Product development as an analyst firm in this organization is a classic example of copy pasting by hiring freshman candidates who desire to become an analyst in its literal research sense but you do not expect that to happen here. Politics at is immensely worst: Top leadership is based in UK whilst there is a head or project head imposed in India for every group of analysts that covers different industries to gather the data content. The leadership in India that reports to UK needs to report to another geography head who sits on your throat while he guides his deputy in India to ensure things are immaculately tight. There is zero trust from UK and Australia and Singapore office. Leadership sitting in UK ANZ Singapore have absolutely no trust in the team that is based in India. To operate and run the business sitting in Europe they deployed business heads whose qualification and overall experience is laughable to be even appointed over highly experienced and supremely potential candidates and enforcing them to report to a man whose CV stands no chance before the team he is leading. At one point of time you will be reporting to at least 5 different bosses, if you feel sick of reporting same stuff to 5 different men, just relax, because all 5 will be at loggerheads with each other and this has resulted in best talent resigning from their roles all across UK Europe, Australia and Singapore office. There is every possibility your mental health will be completely destroyed, your work-life balance will never be normal. A lot of Asians in this organization feel intimidated and very poorly managed by those in UK, Australia and Singapore. Beside stress, you'd learn sharp politics, old employees forming a syndicate to ensure no new hire ever dares to stand a chance before them in terms of learning or growing.

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GlobalData Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. I%E2%80%99m sorry to hear that you found GlobalData to be a negative working environment. We recognise that our teams in India contribute a huge amount to all areas of the business, and we appreciate the valuable work that they do. We are always working to create an environment where everyone feels respected, and would encourage employees to speak to their local HR representative regarding issues which they do not feel comfortable raising with a manager.
5.0
Oct 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great team environment. Foster a small business atmosphere in a large business. Great care placed on involving you within team and team incentives in place to create camaraderie. Work varied and interesting, keeps you motivated. Options to travel within work, again keeps work life varied. Colleague who had this position before me was promoted within the year so clear options for mobility.

Cons

Is a fast paced atmosphere which I personally enjoy. A lot of autonomy and responsibility as well which is not a con for me, in fact it is a big plus, but others may not appreciate this.

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