Third Bridge reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,377 total reviews)
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Emmanuel Tahar

72% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Third Bridge has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,377 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Third Bridge employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management et conseil aux entreprises industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jun 5, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

-The people are all like-minded graduates, very fun to hang out and have a drink with (which you will find you need to, often...) -Job progression is very quick if you play your cards right -Salary is pretty good, and if you hit your targets you get huge bonuses -Lots of free food and booze (which will make you fat but it helps distract you from how awful the job is for a while)

Cons

-Work is repetitive and stressful -Management move people about with no care as to how it will impact their working life -Awful work-life balance: Employees are encouraged by the target system to set up projects and answer client calls WAY outside of office hours, e.g. At 11pm, or on a Sunday. -The competition with other businesses is intense, often you lose out on 'points' which will get you to your target just because someone else is cheaper or has more resources -If you don't hit target, which is mostly down to luck and how willing you are to work 12 hour days, you will get put back on probation with unhelpful improvement targets like "Hit target", or "Be more strategic" -Often people get sick because the job is so stressful -The turnover rate of employees is very high, sometimes it's over one person per week -Middle management turnover is very high and this leads to young and inexperienced people leading teams of employees -While the career progression is fast, it doesn't really train you for any other roles, it just gives you "transferable skills" (most of which you have to embellish heavily to convince another employer you didn't just waste the past year of your life in a job that nobody really understands) -There is WAY too much feedback, most of which is unhelpful and leaves you dreading every single meeting with your manager -People are brought to tears every single week in that office

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Third Bridge Response
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First, please let us apologize for our delayed response. Thank you for taking the time to provide us with this detailed feedback and for telling us about your experiences at Third Bridge. While we are incredibly saddened to hear that your employment with us was not a great one, this feedback gives us the opportunity to make it right for other Third Bridgers in the future. Third Bridge values the hard work delivered by its employees and we understand that working in the financial research industry is challenging but we never compromise on employees well-being and rights. Any behavior that is deemed inappropriate is always fully investigated by the company to validate the facts (if any), and actions are taken to make sure it does not happen again. We would really love if you would reach out to us at theteam@thirdbridge.com so that we can get some more information from you as to the exact issues and we can appropriately coach those specific managers and if need be make the appropriate changes to ensure we are creating the best work space. Again, we are very appreciative of your feedback and we hope that you take the time to reach out to us. - Team Third Bridge
1.0
May 19, 2015

Research Analyst/Associate Job

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Learn about different sectors/industries, learn to communicate and synthesize information fast. - Good first job for a few months while you look for other/better opportunities. - You meet a few decent people that are your age and are fun connections to have.

Cons

- It's not what it is marketed to be, HR does indeed write these reviews and overall most people hate working at Cognolink. - A lot of pressure over things you can't control, very repetitive work and a very aggressive management that are at times demeaning and disrespectful. - NY office is the worst office period, we don't have as many clients and it's almost impossible to hit target with certain projects.

2.0
Mar 24, 2014

Heading Downhill

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Pros

The other research staff is great, and thursday happy hours are a fun chance to talk with other intelligent 20-somethings. We frequently go out to different NYC bars or order in -- either way, its usually a fun time. Also, you'll gain a fairly broad understanding of many different industries, giving you a generalist background.

Cons

The biggest con of this job is the management -- they tend to be very micromanaging on projects (updates every hour!). Additionally, there has been a revolving door of associates for the past 3 months, with someone leaving almost every week. Although we have been able to rapidly hire new people, with that level of turn-over, the office has a "crisis mode" feeling and makes the office environment quite tense. Some of the largest accounts are now being handled by people who have only been with the company for 3 months because they are the most senior person on the team.

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