Do not join this company - Connections Associate Third Bridge Employee Review

1.0
Dec 13, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent starting salary, uncapped bonus

Cons

I don’t know if this an expert network industry wide problem but there are so many things wrong with third bridge. First of all, you are catfished with the job description and in your interviews. Then it all comes crashing down when your life’s mission is to stalk C-Suite executives on LinkedIn, and illegally bombard them with calls/ emails/ messages. Not just this, if they don’t reply, keep chasing them until they abuse you or block you. When you do get someone to speak with you, offer them WAY below market rate and negotiate them to reduce their rates. Let me tell you, these are C suite execs who are doing extremely well in their careers. You play the roles of admin and PA to your clients and all you do is adjust consultations according to the expert and clients timeline. Don’t let me even get started on the middle management. First of all, no one is commercially aware and they’re numbers or the metrics that they judge you on don’t make sense at all. Their target system is constructed in a way that you can’t make money off it. Your day is micromanaged to the last 5 mins and god forbid you go for a quick walk around the office. There is a huge element of luck in the role, and it is not considered at all. There is a lot of blame shifting and people are sacked off left-right. There are no hard skills associated with this job at all, no market research. Stop marketing yourself as a “primary research” firm, and start marketing yourself as an expert network.

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Third Bridge Response
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Thank you for taking the time to give us feedback. We take this seriously and you’ve raised some concerning points that we want to address. We’re committed to offering a supportive, challenging and rewarding experience for all of our employees, starting from the first day they interview. In the interview process, we discuss what the role entails and even simulate projects very similar to the ones that you would help to deliver if you join the team. Those projects do require contacting industry-leading experts to seek their knowledge and participation in conversations with our clients. Our ability to provide the best human insights to our clients is predicated on our ability to create and maintain strong relationships with our specialists, which begins with our team contacting them professionally and - above all else - in a compliant way. We do support in screening and scheduling the consultations, and understand that this level of involvement in our clients’ research may not be what everyone is looking for in a role. Our managers are trained in the industry and how to manage people before taking on a team of their own, and our target system is directly aligned to our shared success - which many of our team are benefiting positively from. Given some of the feedback we’ve received, we have recently rolled out a new aspiring leaders programme which will only further strengthen the development of our people managers. We’d welcome a further conversation about how we can continue to improve the people experience: team@thirdbridge.com.

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