Research Analyst - Anonymous employee Third Bridge Employee Review

2.0
May 6, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- teaches great people skills - good young post-grad work environment

Cons

- innate distrust of employees (will check your logs to see how often/how many people you contact) - constant micromanagement (they created a mandatory tool called Capacity Management which outlines everything you do for the day down to 15 min increments) - narrows down success to one number (your target) which can be unrealistic if there's an industry downturn (like in hedgefunds now) or slow project flow. If you hit target they tell you you're doing everything perfectly, but if you don't, everything on your monthly review will say "needs improvement". - only promotes people quickly if you act as a blind "cheerleader" for the company, which is where most of these 5 star "amazing-there's-nothing-wrong" reviews are coming from

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Third Bridge Response
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We want to thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. We are really sorry that your experience at Third Bridge did not match our intention of being a great place you have ever worked at. Certain parts of your feedback may need to be investigated as we do not have a system called Capacity Management and we certainly do not encourage an environment where employees are micromanaged. We are very grateful for your feedback and are addressing all the places we missed in delivering a great experience for you. We always welcome any and all feedback from you. So therefore please feel free to send us an email to theteam@thirdbridge.com and we can discuss more in detail. We wish you all the luck in your future endeavors. -Team Third Bridge

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