Decent but transient - Senior Associate GLG Employee Review

3.0
Feb 24, 2025
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Pros

Coworkers are nice, people are generally young so it's very social if you work in office. Unlimited PTO is generally upheld if you ask far enough in advance. Managers are typically nice but see notes in the cons section.

Cons

Client solutions department is very stringent on meeting quota, you are constantly working to recruit consultants/executives and often do not end up really receiving credit or having them count towards your goals. Feels a bit competitive against your fellow coworkers as you could be working to recruit from the same industries (ex. AI, tech, etc.) Because the company is overall quite young, the managers you have may only be a year or so ahead of you in age -- it lends itself to a disorganized and somewhat immature workplace (ex. associates 24 years old, managers who are 26). This is of course not all managers, but very common on the client solutions team specifically. The managers are well-meaning, but they are not all well-suited to truly manage a team of employees. Their compensation comes from how many people their teams recruit, so they pressure you a lot without contributing much themselves. People leave constantly, so they are frequently rearranging teams. I for example had 8-9 managers in just under 2 years which is simply insane. Some were good, more than half were bad for different reasons.

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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
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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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