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      Third Bridge

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      Third Bridge reviews

      3.3

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (1,384 total reviews)
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      Emmanuel Tahar

      73% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Third Bridge has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,384 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Third Bridge 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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      1K reviews
      1.0
      Jul 20, 2025

      Great placeholder until you find another role

      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Young people , nice location , decent pay and benefits for college grads

      Cons

      Despite the rigorous interview process and structured two-week training, the role turned out to be more of a high-volume sales or business development position than one focused on consulting or private equity. You’re expected to use your personal LinkedIn account to source experts, followed by cold calling and emailing at scale. While that’s part of the job, it’s important for candidates to know what they’re signing up for. A major challenge is that success often hinges on factors outside of your control. Even if you identify multiple high-quality experts for a project, there’s no guarantee the client will select any of them—or that the project will even move forward. Sometimes, the client chooses an expert sourced by the project manager already in the system entirely. This adds a strong element of luck to performance metrics. Additionally, when results don’t go your way (often for reasons unrelated to effort or quality), you can quickly find yourself on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP). The pressure is constant, and morale across the team especially among younger employees is noticeably low.

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      Third Bridge Response
      11mo
      Thank you for taking the time to leave a review about your time with us so far. We are sorry to hear that your experience has not met your expectations. While it is great to see that you enjoy the office location, the colleagues you work with, as well as the pay and other benefits, we would like to address the concerns you have raised. Regarding your comments on the role itself, we try to be as transparent and clear as possible about what is required in all of our job descriptions so that people are aware of what the role involves early on. We realise that the role does involve outreach in a fast-paced and target-driven environment and that this type of role may not be suited to everyone. Our environment is well-suited for individuals who embrace a competitive atmosphere, are motivated by target achievement, and appreciate public recognition for their contributions. We strive to create a workplace where driven professionals can thrive and advance. Your feedback is really important to us, as we are always looking for ways to make improvements. If you would like to speak to us directly about your concerns, we would love to hear from you at theteam@thirdbridge.com. Thank you again for your review and for being a valued member of the team.
      1.0
      Dec 27, 2023

      Not great

      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -The salary and benefits are good and met my expectations.

      Cons

      - During the interview process, this job was presented as a research role. It is just a sales role. - You don't realize it until you leave, but the associate VP's and managers are not great at leading. There is constant pressure, micromanagement to the highest degree, and little recognition for a job well done. - It is clear that the company would fire people before certain milestones in order to keep payroll at a minimum. This was common knowledge inside the company, and created feeling of uncertainty. - Very little transferrable skills to other industries. - The amount of work is volatile. You could work for weeks on a project and not yield any rewards, and this would be at no fault of your own, but perhaps a project manager/client. - The workplace culture is not very professional, as the vast majority of people working at Third Bridge are straight of college.

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      Third Bridge Response
      2y
      Thanks for taking the time to write a review and give us some feedback. We considered your feedback and other comments that echoed those sentiments and reviewed our interviewing process. Our interview process is much more hands-on now -- you not only talk through what a typical day looks like, but you try your hand at the processes and tools you would use in your role. We offer various avenues to develop your career, be that through regular conversations with your manager, our global mentorship programme, or the use of your Personal Development Allowance, and feel confident that our colleagues have the opportunity to develop transferrable skills when these are leveraged. We're always open to conversations about how we can improve our employee experience, even starting before your first day, and care deeply about the culture we're building within Third Bridge, so if you're open to sharing your thoughts, you can reach us at team@thirdbridge.com.
      2.0
      Jul 1, 2021

      Major Strategic and Cultural Flaws

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      This is a great place to kick off one's career, especially if it's your first or second job. You'll learn how to negotiate, persuade, time manage, prioritize, manage up, manage down, and if you persevere, you'll gain skills that will lay a solid foundation to manage people for the rest of your career. You can easily grow and gain from your experience here to a certain point. Look at Third Bridge as a stepping stone and you can make value of your time here. The People are this company's biggest asset, and there are great people here.

      Cons

      Everyone hits a ceiling at Third Bridge and I don’t just mean in terms of pay and title. I believe that even the SVPs at the company who began at entry level have hit a ceiling - mainly as a result of lack of top down trust. For example, some aren’t trusted with P&L / budget. Empower your leaders more - actions vs words! If the people are the beating pulse of Third Bridge, the company itself and its leaders have absolutely zero read on this pulse. As a result they do a really poor job of succession planning / planning in general. Third Bridge is 100% a Reactive organization. Pay isn't great. You don’t realize it until you leave but every single Team Leader in connections is vastly underpaid. With 10+ direct reports they might even command 1.5X elsewhere. Bonus and compensation is re-structured every 6 months – ensuring no continuity and no belief that a comp system introduced to employees will even last. KPIs used to measure bonus are sometimes very vague. There is no accountability across both junior and senior management. Everyone likes to pass the blame. Many of the leaders in Third Bridge Connections who have been around for years are ultimately responsible for the great talent that has been lost over the past 5-10 years. The CEO is not a very public figure within Third Bridge and hiring other senior leadership figures seems to have come at the cost of his own voice. There is a lack of presence here. (Purely my opinion) There is also a lack of innovation - Third Bridge could have built a dedicated survey team 3-5 years ago. The competition is gaining a bigger foothold in general and it seems there is more specialized hiring at competitors. Third Bridge now has an innovation team (brand new) Not very Employee-centric - In a client servicing industry that requires after-hours work, Third Bridge Connections seems to miss obvious opportunities to give back to their employees. For example, many clients do not work between Christmas and New Years and yet no break during this period is afforded. Also, it is a poor tactic to dangle half-days on the condition that targets are hit (and then not offer them if those targets are missed). It just annoys people and is ineffective regardless of outcome.

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