GLG does NOT care about your mental health, toxic culture, JUST SAY NO - Senior Research Associate GLG Employee Review

1.0
Oct 19, 2017
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Pros

Great office space Weekly free meals Interesting and intelligent co-workers

Cons

I had a member of senior leadership more or less tell me that my mental health and experiences outside of work were of no concern to them. Company leadership has created a toxic culture and nearly all employees are miserable. Best advice: DO NOT APPLY TO WORK HERE! A few additional thoughts: -TERRIBLE middle managers who are pressured by senior leadership to micro-manage their employees -Misleading job descriptions and recruiting tactics -Utterly disconnected, clueless, and unresponsive senior leadership -Absolutely no work life balance. You are expected to be on call when ill and taking a lunch away from your desk is frowned upon -Day-today work is repetitive, boring, and unnecessarily metric-driven -Broad consensus of unhappiness amongst employees.

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GLG Response
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While I’ve addressed some of your criticisms like job descriptions and culture in my other responses, I’m very concerned about your mental health comment. We care about the well-being of our people and we offer a range of benefits (Employee Assistance Programs, Talkspace, and others) to help those employees in distress. If you ever feel that a senior leader (or your direct manager) does not care about your mental well-being, I encourage you to speak to a member of the Human Resources team or to me directly.

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