Good for a first job, but get out within 1-2 years - Senior Associate GLG Employee Review

3.0
Jul 9, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

It's good for a first job if you don't know what you want to be doing for the rest of your life. And the job pays pretty decently for what you actually do. Your colleagues will be great too, even if it's the fact that you find solace in all suffering together.

Cons

The work is pretty repetitive and unfulfilling, but I have a high tolerance so I didn't mind it as much as other people. However, the management is just dreadful. They literally don't care about you and will try and push you out as soon as you start to underperform and don't even bother helping you improve. Seen it happen to plenty of colleagues. Just get your 1.5-2 years of work experience here and go somewhere else better.

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5.0
Mar 31, 2026
Recommend
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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!

Cons

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

1.0
Jun 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Not applicable at all (truly)

Cons

Genuinely I don’t know where to start. I’ve submitted and deleted two reviews in the past 3 months alone. On the surface GLG seems like the place to be to learn from members and executives, but just give it a little bit of time and you’ll quickly see how obvious the cracks are. The culture here is so toxic, managers either do not know or don’t want to delegate project work so you’ll find yourself getting whiplash just trying to get information related to your job from your OWN BOSS. At the same time everyone you interact with is the epitome of “that’s not my job”. The executive leadership team is a mean girls club made up entirely of friends of friends who have their direct reports working well into the night to pull things together so that they look good. The “motivators” the executives use is truly bullying (like constantly pulling up your job description to purposefully make you look and feel small) any other organization would identify making your employees purposely feel stupid and shut down as straight bullying. It’s truly no surprise that you will regularly see employees crying in the hallways. I have never seen a leadership team this incompetent.

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