Fun Coworkers - Toxic Culture - Research Associate GLG Employee Review

1.0
Sep 23, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

You start with a class of people and a good formal on-boarding program which makes the transition easy and enjoyable. Junior-level coworkers are good company. Clear career trajectory within the company. Good starting salary with opportunity for relatively fast promotion.

Cons

Bit of a bait and switch between actual role and how role is described during interview process. Though physically close in proximity with working spaces, there is a large separation between senior leadership and junior positions with regard to culture. Company is aware of employee dissatisfaction (openly embraces high turnover saying that they "don't play the glassdoor game") and work environment is plainly toxic with use of publicly displayed tracking of individual worker performance. Skills learned and used daily are only helpful if you would like to transition to a project management or sales type roll.

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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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