Like most things, you get out what you put in. - Anonymous employee GLG Employee Review

5.0
Jul 17, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fairly straightforward in my opinion. This is a pretty great company who is achieving in the space, and is in a time of high growth. My colleagues and coworkers are smart and most of them work quite hard. Those who do so and achieve are rewarded.

Cons

GLG first defined "expert network" and are now defining "on-demand professional learning" --- this means constant evolving and changing as a company strategy. This notion of change is a) tough for a company to execute well b) troublesome for some employees to handle and therefore difficult to manage internally, generally. Sometimes GLG does a good job dealing with it. Sometimes they do not. 3 things stick out to me: 1: If you are not comfortable with change in your day to day activities, you probably shouldn't work here. Goalposts can and do change. 2. If you are not willing to work in a metrics driven environment you probably shouldn't work here. 3. If you don't want to be in client services, you probably shouldn't work here.

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GLG Response
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We appreciate these thoughtful comments. You’re right: change is a big challenge. But with nearly 1,500 committed, talented employees worldwide, we’re getting it done. We’re proud of the growth we’ve achieved in the last few years, and we’re even more eager to advance that growth.

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Cons

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1.0
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Cons

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