GlobalData reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(2,228 total reviews)
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Mike Danson

59% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

GlobalData has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,228 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
1.0
Sep 30, 2022

Scumbags paradise

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Assuming you're a narcissist, this place is perfect for you! You will be rewarded for all the games you love to play! You will be rewarded for truly being a snake and letting your personality run rampant! Their last manager hire was a former employee who was caught committing fraud and still kept on. He's actually one of the ones with more integrity. You are rewarded for stealing accounts. You're never punished for breaking the rules. Everything is a competition- whoever is willing to cut the realationship at the drop of a hat faster wins. Want cherry accounts? Have a foot out the door on day 1 and make it obvious. Want all the leads? Steal them! Struggling to hit target? Blame everyone else! After all, it can't be anything wrong with you!

Cons

There are a few people who do care, try, and act with integrity who have no trouble trying to knock you off when you pull something. For the most part though, your biggest challenge will be to our scumbag the scumbag masters.

1.0
Jul 31, 2019

Mislead and devalued

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Pros

Good product and growing industry.

Cons

Culture -Old english boy network management is the lesser of evils when the entire company culture is toxic. Upper management treat employees terribly with a divide and conquer mentality. The environment is hostile and you are treated as a number. When those numbers are brought in no recognition is received. The turnover rate is high & only two employees have been there longer than 3 years. Infrastructure is almost non existent. Basic necessities like office supplies and paper towels are not provided. Constant refurbished laptop computer issues which impede with daily workflow. Compensation-low base with commission, but commission comes with many loopholes (that is even if it is paid out correctly).

2.0
Jul 17, 2019

Manager - content

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It is a good place to develop a few skills on your CV before you head to a place that will truly value you as a professional and human being. Working from home flexibility. Some travel opportunities for junior staff. Seems like a good place for a sales rep in terms of basic salary, but not for the rest of the company employees. Good for career progression if you don’t care about the company you work for. Senior managers seem to be valued but not the people that do all the hard grunt work.

Cons

So many operational inefficiencies, bad communication, slow workflow. The company is extremely frugal when it comes to raises, bonuses and basic office supplies. Pay is under market rate for anyone developing content. High turnover rate, lack of communication about the leavers and workflow often gets disrupted. Huge struggles to get any budget for team building activities. This is evident with makeshift attempts to throw holiday/summer parties with minimum budget that most established companies (or even start ups) would laugh at. Terrible company culture - the leaders don’t know how to make this an appealing company to work for in the 21st century. While other companies are deciding which energy bars to stock in their kitchens, this company struggles to have the basics of coffee, sugar and milk. There have been periods of no paper towels and instructions to use toilet paper in some offices. This would be fine for maybe a non profit, charity or newer start up, but not for a company worth almost £1bn. No perks that drive people to love what they do and love working for the company. The company is often seen as the enemy particularly where basic decency and professionalism is completely disregarded. HR often doesn’t listen to nor addresses concerns of employees seriously (most likely restricted by the top) IT department is significantly under resourced

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