Good company to work for, particularly if you are proactive and seek opportunities to advance your own career - Anonymous employee GLG Employee Review

4.0
30 Oct 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pros include: early management opportunities, opportunities to build client service and other foundational professional skills, exposure to a growing and dynamic company which values input from employees and, importantly, great coworkers – GLG does an excellent job hiring smart, driven people. I’ve found overall GLG can be a great place to work if you are proactive and willing to seek out the opportunities that you feel are important to your own career.

Cons

The biggest con in my opinion is the increasing focus on metrics, which can lead to a focus on small behaviors rather than the bigger picture (particularly within the Research division).

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5.0
31 Mar 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
14 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good colleagues, arguably a good job post college (for like a year MAX)

Cons

I cannot stress enough how terrible this company is. Spent 5 years there, and watched it go further downhill every year. You leave with only soft skills (if that), and 0 actual industry knowledge. Seriously, you leave only knowing a bunch of Hocus Pocus. I am really surprised this company hasn't been bought yet. Or merged. On my team alone, we lost 7 out of our 9 managers since January... either due to layoffs or them quitting. Pay is low. There are no bonuses and it's very difficult to get a raise. 90k in NYC is poverty. There are bright people that come in with Masters, and PhDs, and MBAs -- handing them 90k is insulting.

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