Toxic environment - Anonymous employee GLG Employee Review

1.0
15 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

kind and supportive colleagues for the most part

Cons

A place rife with incompetent and problematic people. There is a senior who speaks to team members in an unprofessional and questionable manner. Said person will raise their voice at, and curse incessantly in front of team members. Team members are also encouraged to work over time just to support this senior’s workload in addition to their own- and are told that overtime is a good learning opportunity / exposure- which is another reflection of the questionable work culture here. All this is however the spillover effects from a very incompetent previous management who turned a blind eye to these trends. The department I am in requires very little "proper" skills. As long as you are a people pleaser, and are able to do general corporate tasks such as writing emails and conducting cold calls, you can go far. It is no wonder then that a bulk of workers here are incompetent- these people stay here for they lack 'proper' skills and are unable to take on more legitimate roles outside. These people become middle and senior managers with 0 leadership background, 0 technical skills, and the cycle of incompetence and toxicity continues. The role itself can be described more accurately as a customer service / recruiter role- it is not as glamorous or analytical as how the company likes to frame it.

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5.0
31 Mar 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
27 June 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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