Avoid. Unless you like mental breakdowns - Senior Client Service Associate GLG Employee Review

1.0
Jun 5, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I got a lap top sleeve once.

Cons

1) Managers in Dublin are ridiculously under trained for the roles they have been given. The lack of empathy is astonishing. Clear favouritism from the outset, if you don’t fit into their mould just forget about it. They need a serious amount of re-training and should be made complete courses on how to speak to and about people. 2) Micromanaging is rampant. Not even in a slightly helpful way, in a completely degrading way. 3) Time is listed at 8:30-5:30 for Dublin. Forget about that right away. Be prepared to be chained to your desk until we’ll past this time. If you miss an email from a client after 5:30 you are automatically behind on your project as GLGs competitors are cheaper for the same service. 4) Actual mental breakdowns. If this is something you enjoy then GLG is the company for you. I needed actual therapy during and after working here. GLG do provide access to counselling which is a plus seeing as they caused so much trauma. The best thing about this was explaining to the counsellor about how work made me feel and they genuinely told me to leave. 5) Forget about transferable skills after GLG. There are none. 6) You are just a number to higher management sitting in their ivory tower. There is a clear downturn in every market. Realise this. Please please heed all warnings about this company, they will tear you down. The team leaders need to be retrained. Dublin is a disaster. Work anywhere else. Please.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Great co-workers, solid healthcare plans (with transgender coverage!) and excellent leave policies.

Cons

Five or six years ago GLG was an incredible place to work. It was inclusive and fun. Then Paul Todd left and everything went downhill so fast it gave me whiplash. New CHRO was a buddy of the new CEOs and the nepo hires continued from there. So many RIFs that the teams are all skeletal, and everything that made the amazing culture at GLG disappeared. I may recommend GLG for a new grad desperate for something to put on their resume, it’s probably fine for that. As far as the company I loved and genuinely enjoyed being a part of? Well that’s long dead. Management is catty and they’re all watching their own backs, everyone is working scared and willing to push anyone else under the bus.

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