A Coporation With No Soul - Manager GLG Employee Review

1.0
Sep 10, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Free Lunch on certain days -Free Coffee on certain days -Some roles are promoted incredibly fast. Too fast. If you are one of the lucky ones, this is a benefit.

Cons

GLG is one of the most cold, soulless companies I've ever worked for. They actively recruit young, recently graduated college kids with the promise of working with clients and getting business experience, but most of these hires end up filling out excel spreadsheets in dimly lit open work spaces. I believe GLG targets these hires because they are easier to maniuplate. They make them come in early and work late and effectively take time away from their personal life. GLG loves to go on and on about 'work life balance' and 'unlimited PTO' but these are just buzz words to them. Getting time off is difficult and frowned upon. They mostly have an 'unlimited PTO' policy because they don't want to pay out PTO when they fire an employee, which they do CONSTANTLY. Do not become too attached to your co-workers, because they are let go all the time and you won't ever really get the chance to make any human connections. If you aren't hitting your metrics, you will be out on the curb. If you don't gel with your manager, you will be let go and replaced. Everyone at GLG can be, and will be, eventually replaced. Spend one week at GLG and you'll see this is the case. GLG does not care about it's employees. It only cares about money. They go on and on about DEI initiatives and employee wellness, but none of that matters when you can FEEL that your job can be cut any any moment. It's a culture of fear and shady politics.

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5.0
Mar 31, 2026
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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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