Hyper-woke virtue signalling from the leadership is annoying and too much - Manager GLG Employee Review

3.0
Jun 21, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Great learning from the best professionals I've ever worked wtih and learned from. - Superb 'team-work' collaboration at a level I've also not seen elsewhere. GLG really does attract the best of the best in every category. - Excellent remuneration and bonuses. - Senior management have a supremely awesome understanding of business, strategy and profit. I've learned so much. - You'll learn more at GLG than you'll learn anywhere else. Despite all the drawbacks it's a fantastic place to start your career and grow your experience FAST.

Cons

- Toxic culture from the leadership - too much woke virtue signalling ALL the time. The messaging is clearly insincere and motivated entirely by profit. - They still exploit their staff just as they've always done - all the talk of 'Compassion' is insencere and inauthentic - there's a difference between what they say and do. - The intensity of the speed of things at GLG consumes you at times. - Unfortunately, with COVID the old entrepreneurial vibe is gone. Everything is about systems, new systems, best practices, hierarchies of approval and there's so much more red tape and a lack of autonimous decision making than there used to be.

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GLG Response
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We’re glad to hear you've found colleagues at GLG who you can collaborate with and learn from. We encourage positive collaboration across the company, and we strive to create a welcoming environment for all. GLG is a for-profit company—we don’t see this as running counter to our ethical responsibilities toward the world in which we do business. This is an industry we founded more than 20 years ago. As we continue to innovate on behalf of our clients, experts, and larger GLG community, we feel we have a responsibility to leverage our unique assets and business success to deliver tangible solutions to mission-driven organizations. Given the nature of GLG’s work, we’re especially well-positioned to provide valuable in-kind services to nonprofit clients, who rely heavily on expert insights to make an impact in their respective communities. We don’t see any conflict between the high performance our business requires and compassion for each other’s situations. In fact, GLGers often take this upon themselves, whether by participating in one of our Diversity Networks or stepping up for each other during February's winter storm in Austin or throughout India's recent Covid surge. There are examples of genuine compassion every day at this company, and we're proud to have a culture that puts a premium on purpose and values.

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