Amazing corporate structure, free diet coke cans and a beautiful lobby - Associate bei GLG: Mitarbeiterbewertung

5.0
1. März 2019
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Pros

Occasional free cans of diet coke and apples. Free company phone so you don't have to switch off after working hours. Office lobby features high ceilings and beautiful light/ shadow interplay. Amazing opportunity to network with CEOs and senior management at fortune 500 companies via phone harassment, with your boss behind you all the way, encouraging you to call, call and call again. Management are really engaged in the company, which translates not just to their writing gushing reviews on glassdoor but also they really take an interest in whether you're pushing yourself to be the best you can be, and if you have an off day or week they will really encourage you to improve your results Branding on presentations given at seemingly weekly hour-long town hall meetings is really consistent, with excellent use of white space and contrasting colours.

Kontras

Workdays, while long (starting at 8.30am and it's expected you'll regularly work til 7 or later for no extra pay) have to end sometime. While having a company phone does mean you can continue working from home, it's just not the same as the atmosphere you get in a large open plan office with all your colleagues making calls at the same time as you. The bathroom taps are a travesty of design - they are constantly flooding the bathroom counters and the sight of wadded up toilet tissue to soak it up can sometimes put you off your daily harassment targets. The startup atmosphere in this large company can be a bit scary if you are a lazy unmotivated entitled slob who thinks a company should allow them millennial rubbish like "lunch breaks" and to leave early at 5.30pm just because you're feeling a bit sick. Working with these people can be really annoying, because besides not being able to hear the hum of 45 simultaneous phone calls in your immediate vicinity over their whingeing, it also means that those of us who are go-getters and care about our futures have to keep training new people as the others leave. It's a shame there's such a high turnover because if anyone could hack the job long enough they would see it's actually a really good opportunity and if you're the best of the best you could even land a job in another better company some day.

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5.0
31. März 2026
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Pros

Amazing people - lots of reviews say that because it's true. You'll work with smart, genuine, hard working humans. Good benefits and perks. Interesting events and opportunities to learn. Overall, a good place to start your career!

Kontras

Very fast-paced environment which definitely isn't for everyone. Lots of necessary change.

1.0
8. Juni 2026
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Pros

The trauma bond nature of this job does bring you to meet those people who can go on to be real friends. If you want a job to be your social circle, GLG is just the place for you. Some of the health benefits are well worth it and far above industry standard.

Kontras

There is not a single aspect of the company that has not depreciated in some noticeable way over the past three years (since Gemma took the helm). - Amenities have been stripped in every office (if your office is lucky enough to have survived) without any meaninful replacements. Multiple lunches a week have turned into pizza parties, but only when internal systems break. All US offices are failing for unique reasons. - Pay has increased unilaterally in the US twice in five years, once solely through a massive reorg and realignment of role scope. Raises are now tied to highly tiered (and capped) performance evaluations. Bonus schemes shift every year to remove payout at all seniorities, and the changes are not communicated in a forum where questions can be asked. - Technology integration has been haphasard at best and destructive at worst (e.g., AI tools cannot meet basic compliance requirements for tier 1 clients at go-live date). - Senior Leadership has not had a single 30-day period go by where the full Global Head+ org has stayed the same in nearly three years. Middle management has become almost entirely EMEA-based or EU citizens as they could not be laid off unlilke their US counterparts. - Organizational structures have collapsed, with senior leaders managing multiple mismatched groups of functional or client-facing roles, either in the name of cost savings or because someone saw double-digit growth for an entirely different segment over a decade ago. - Financial health, strategy updates, and company wide updates are effectively done. Any company- or BU-wide meetings are chances for internal PR; this also explains why they stopped doing them in-person (including when they're done on in-office days). - Resource allocation prioritizes those who already have them (e.g., more SVPs went on a President's Club trip than Managers, following only Senior Leaders in headcount). - ERGs are functionally dead, with stale group chats and programming locked behind whoever was the last person on an eboard years ago. Hiring diversity has plummeted and the organization is failing to attract talent that even understands what the job is (let alone could be considered top talent for it). Every day at GLG is another day figuring out what can be squeezed every so tightly further.

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