Third Bridge reviews

To start, dont get tricked by the job titles or by them claiming "PE/Consulting". This is not at all real consulting or private equity. If your goal is to break into one of those industries, go somewhere else. An internship would be more valuable. There was a lot of talk about how this is a real corporate job, it's not. The people saying that were likely hired fresh out of college and this is what they believe corporate to be. This truly felt like a high school being run by people the same age or just a couple years older. Next, there is no actual career growth. The company offers various options to "develop your career." While that may be true, unfortunately, you are too busy working 12+ hours a day, stressing about hitting target and retaining your job to utilize these options. Additionally, the expert network industry is niche, so this job doesn't really look that great on a resume, as the skills that you gain are specifically geared towards the expert network industry. You are constantly told to "add more profiles", "make more calls" and you will succeed. When in reality, it is all luck and everyone from the associates up to managers know it. The under-appreciation starts from the top down and it is very toxic. Project managers are not appreciated by those above them, and associates are not appreciated by project managers. You are expected to be available to clients at essentially all hours of the day and are required to respond within 10 minutes of their emails, which is extremely unrealistic and requires you to take your laptop or constantly check you emails at all hours of the day/night. Lastly, the turnover rate is so high for good reason. The job is meaningless and provides you zero fulfillment. It looks like the base salary was recently raised most likely due to the high turnover rate. However, about 6-8 months in most employees realize there is nowhere to go within this company or industry for that matter and are willing to take a lower salary somewhere else for a better career opportunity. This job is not worth the money they are offering and it is not beneficial to your career.

Do not work here. I was at Third Bridge for over a year, in the Connections team. The job is cold calling, cold calling and more cold calling. If you studied at a reputable university / got a half decent degree you’d be better off going somewhere with career prospects. The people employed at the VP level within Connections are the worst managers I have ever seen, this is not an understatement. A false equivalence of fear/passive aggression as being good management is rife within this level of leadership. These “VPs” are in their positions purely because they have stayed in a toxic company for longer than anyone else, given the churn for the company is farcical (if you stay longer than 6 months you’ve probably beaten the average tenure). I was aware of several instances where “senior management” engaged in sessions of gossiping about direct reports to other direct reports. If the executive leadership are reading this, your PE and Consulting VPs are directly causing churn, mental health issues and a general resentment about the company. You must change this. I’m begging executive leadership to have frank conversations with client associates, that are off the record and not turned on them / used against them. With us losing market share to AS and ProSapient, it’s maybe time to ask why certain VPs have a churn rate that’s preventing top talent staying. If I saw certain VPs apply for a company I was at now, I would leave beforehand. At the team leader level (one below VP) there’s also this strange cult of people (not all of them) who believe what they do isn’t spamming junior consultants / PE interns with whatever they can. The majority of team leaders are very young and have limited management experience. Working at 7,8,9pm is something that’s just expected at the client associate level, with no reward given for this. The company relies on legacy systems to fulfil requests, using excel to collaborate and archaic intranet (seriously it looks like it’s stuck in 2010). There were instances of peoples exit interviews being conducted by their managers, rather than HR. How can improvements to a toxic culture be made if the managers take these? (Where’s the radical candor, guys?!) I’d also recommend team leaders having a refresher course (or for some a fresher course) on how to behave when on socials. Hint, kissing / trying to overstep boundaries isn’t considered good management, I’ve seen and heard this happening within the same team! They also recently updated compensation schemes, meaning that people doing the same role are paid approximately 15% less a year to other colleagues, simply because they joined a month after them. Financially the company is struggling, with financial reports released last year being particularly dire, and expected to have an effect on hiring going forward. If you stay at this company more than 12 months you’re stagnating. If you’re reading this as a current employee, take what you can from the experience and leave. Despite this (and a whole lot more), the people at Team Leader and below are great. You bond over the fact the job is glorified PA work, that senior leadership is incompetent and toxic at the pub / socials. There’s a good average age of about 23 and I’ve made some good friends / contacts for the future. I’m not confident about the prospects of the connections vertical, especially whilst it’s still run by incompetent VPs.