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The Carlyle Group

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The Carlyle Group reviews

3.7

54% would recommend to a friend

(340 total reviews)
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Harvey Schwartz

93% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

The Carlyle Group has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 340 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Carlyle Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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340 reviews
1.0
Feb 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and compensation were good. Location of the office is good

Cons

Management is toxic. "old school" mentality. HR does lip service to the company and does not step in when they see something wrong. Promotions go to those who are favorites not those who deserve it No work life balance. Core business hrs 9-6. Unable to take PTO

2.0
Mar 20, 2020

Sweat shop

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Comp is good, good growth and Lear Jbg experience

Cons

Hours are brutal, no flexibility and unreasonable expectations from top leadership

2.0
Oct 8, 2019

Bait and Switch

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are the best part of the company. People are supportive and care about what they do. My manager seems to care about my success and happiness at the company. Good car reimbursement program.

Cons

You must wait 3 months for health insurance. If I’m fully investing in the company, why aren’t they fully investing in me? Only 2 weeks of vacation to start, regardless of your position Management works all hours including weekends and they expect the same from you. Do not believe them if they say they care about “work life balance” Shared rooms with coworkers for company events, who even does this? Every salesman is overloaded and underpaid. They purposely make monthly commission unobtainable. Some of my coworkers have had to get second jobs to support their families. Complete mess internally - high level directors suddenly fired or let go, poor customer service and ordering process, outdated systems. Concerns or solutions to the internal problems are not taken seriously and/or not heard by management. No management of accounts - duplicates and incorrect account assignments make it impossible to see which sales you get credit for and which you don’t. Inside sales versus outside sales competition for established accounts. Salesmen are given an enormous amount of administrative and customer service work which takes away 30-50% of each salesmen’s time.

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