Global Rescue Reviews

3.5

70% would recommend to a friend

(120 total reviews)

Daniel Richards

76% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Global Rescue has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 120 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Global Rescue employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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120 reviews
1.0
4 Aug 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Talented and experienced entry to mid level staff. Few perks, occasional travel and company outings. Great job for those who love to sit for 12 hours surfing the internet and chatting on the phone.

Cons

The critical and negative feedback posted on this site is spot on. Family owned and operated regime, grossly out of touch with reality and incapable of conducting business in an ethical and honest manner. Greedy, greedy, greedy. Company will threaten and/or pursue litigation of former employees who quit prematurely once they discover what a scan Global Rescue is. Also threatens legal action against former members and websites who have posted negative reviews online. Refusal of mid to senior level management to acknowledge mistakes and learn from them. Every shortcoming is blamed on the vendor, client or employee. Medical direction is inexperienced in the realm of remote and travel medicine and willing to sacrifice integrity and the oath to serve objectively to please the masters. Mid management refuses to question decisions made above their position, makes excuses for poor performance of operational cases resulting from a failure of adequate leadership from the top down. Places the value of a profit over the safety and wellbeing of their members, corporate clients and employees. Culture of deception and distrust, very secretive and misleading. The product is well packaged, however more often than not, the company fails to live up to contractual obligations. Encourages operations staff to Google members in need to determine how "influential" they may be and whether they are likely to pursue legal action against the company for screwing them over. Every request for assistance by members is scrutinized in an attempt to disqualify member from service and financial responsibility. The "planning" of a members evacuation is largely dependent upon open source resources found on internet search engines. Anyone with laptop and internet connection can operate a similar business, with no particular expertise of international rescue and evacuation. Misleading marketing of the product. The company fails to adhere to reimbursement for employee relocations, after the promise to compensate. The job they sell you on, is in fact, completely the opposite of what you will be actually doing. Refusal to address the ridiculously high turnover rates of employees in all departments. Willing to compromise the health and safety of their members for a slim profit margin. If you are silly or desperate enough to work for these charlatans, carefully review the employment contract before signing it.

1.0
4 Aug 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Colleagues are usually elite, interesting and bring their best game. Occasional travel/deployment opportunities.

Cons

The list is long, and would be redundant to include in this review. The negative reviews posted in regards to this company are accurate. The positive reviews are fabricated by the HR department to help mitigate the negative reviews.

1.0
6 Oct 2016

The Titanic is a better option

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

One of the best pros to working for this company is the people below upper management. The people that they hire to do the day in/day out work are some of the best in the business. They are intelligent, caring, passionate and friendly. You feel good about working with them. Please remember though that this pro is related directly to people NOT in upper management.

Cons

There is not enough time or space on this page to list all of the cons. How this company survives will forever be a mystery. Let’s start with the CEO. He is an arrogant, greedy, morally corrupt, micromanaging, dictator. He can never be wrong and expects you to be able to read his mind. He overseas every tiny detail because he believes that he can do it better and/or believes that someone is trying to cheat the company some how. From the color on presentations, the exact wording on marketing material, flight and hotel arraignments for travelling employees, how an evacuation is performed, to how loud the team claps at an event. Everything is done in the cheapest possible way and piecemealed together, including your benefits. His family is in the upper echelon of the company and they make decisions only for the good of the Richards family. Your quality of life, satisfaction, morale, and ability to do your job do not matter to him/them. He will consistently find the loopholes in how to pay for evacuations for clients. There is something wrong when the company says, “we saves lives”, but then asks credit card number – just in case. HR (HCM) is the puppet to the CEO. They thrive off of gossip and lies. They will lie to your face to get you to join the company, they will constantly “observe” your behavior to see if you are smiling in meetings or diligently working at your desk, and they will punish without any proof. This company is a sinking ship. In addition to having to deal with the horrible upper management, the CEO, and HCM; you will also have to compete with the two new money making schemes the company just initiated: a multi-level marketing campaign (please read pyramid scheme) and telemedicine program. Both are money grabs, which will also grab at your moral ethics. This company is a sinking ship – you would be safer on the Titanic.

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