Third Bridge reviews

3.3

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,380 total reviews)
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Emmanuel Tahar

73% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Third Bridge has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,380 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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5.0
Jan 18, 2018

New Employee

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- great work environment (good work life balance) - friendly coworkers - lots of opportunity to grow and challenge yourself - recognized for hard work - great office

Cons

Really don't have any cons.

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Third Bridge Response
8y
Hi Many thanks for taking the time to write this review – we’re delighted that you love your job, as we do! There's a good list there of lots of the things that we've done, many of which I should point out, were suggested and moved forward by our senior management. What we are doing as a team is putting ourselves forward to canvas suggestions from around the organisation to fix problems and make improvements. There's a huge amount of other good stuff coming down the pipe from people across the company and also from reviews like yours, so hopefully we'll have a lot more to add to this list. Please do feel free to come and drop us a message at theteam@thirdbridge.com with any questions, suggestions or anything else we can help to make your experience here at Third Bridge better one. Best, -Team Third Bridge
3.0
Jan 18, 2018

Analyst

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good entry level job. If you meet your goal you get a pretty good bonus. Free food and coffee in the kitchen

Cons

Your work doesn't have purpose. You basically cold call all day trying to find people consulting, PE, or hedge fund clients can talk to for their own project. Once you get promoted you can lead projects. So there is a bit more project management but at the end of the day your work is still pretty linear. You're not going to be doing anything of value but if you want to make an income without thinking too much this will do.

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Third Bridge Response
8y
Hi, Hello again, however long ago you left us! We're not sure whether you were based in our London or New York offices, but in either case, some things may have changed since you were with us. 2017 was our best ever year – we won awards, which helped provide greater credibility for our company. We won the Great Place to Work award in the UK for the fourth year running and in Greater China for the third year running, The Sunday Times Fast Track Award, for being one of the top 100 private British companies with the fastest-growing sales over the last three years – moving up 10 places from last year, and finally, we were recognised in the 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain list. In general we started to get quite a few things working that we’d been trying to get working for a while (and were probably trying to get working when you were here). We have reviewed salaries and we have looked at ways of generating an air of solidarity amongst the team. Quality of conversations increased, job satisfaction rose and consistency of success rose – we wish we’d done it before – and we certainly wish we’d done it in your time given the impact it clearly had on your view. Your work does have a serious purpose and does add value to many industries because you are making a positive impact on many people’s lives through the work you are doing to provide informed decisions to companies and individuals who make investments. The job itself does require an analytical and logical mindset and presents a variety of research objectives requiring critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. All analysts are required to master a client relationship workflow while developing business acumen, time-management skills, professionalism, and communication skills. We still do have a culture of wanting our analysts to hit targets, but we're not aware of a circumstance and would hope that we’d never lost someone after only one poor month – especially not if there were plenty of other people missing that month. Targets should always be viewed in the context of overall performance and the specific circumstances of the individual. Feel free to contact us at theteam@thirdbridge.com if you want to discuss more…thanks for taking the time to post. Wishing you all the best for your career. Best -Team Third Bridge
4.0
Jan 15, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

this job is what you make of it, within the context of your vertical/team. i'd say that anyone who does not get placed in consulting for connections is going to have a decent time overall. the forum team probably has it best--a lot of growth opportunities, not bound to client deadlines, always learning, pitch your own ideas. people who work here overall are very outgoing and friendly. if you make an effort, have a slight interest in the stuff you work on, and have good people skills, you'll do well at third bridge and probably have a pretty good time.

Cons

severely underpaid, healthcare plan sucks for anyone who has needs above an annual checkup, there can be unnecessary drama sometimes, the legal team generally is incompetent, being managed by young people hired from within can have some serious shortcomings (additionally this means that any sort of "mentoring" is very limited), people can be hit or miss--again depends largely on your team. many of the negative reviews on here are not fair, especially given the expectation that this is a job in finance and many of your coworkers are white millennials from fairly privileged backgrounds. all in all not a bad place to start your career.

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Third Bridge Response
8y
Hello, Thanks for taking the time to write a review. We are glad that you had an overall positive experience while you were here at Third Bridge. Like any company, Third Bridge is only as good as its people. Thankfully, our people do take what we do very seriously. That, largely, is also what inspires us to continue to do everything possible to build the company and continue to provide opportunity for the folks who truly care about what we do! We’d love to be able to delve into some of the cons that you talk about, but can’t really do so without more information. What we can say is that since you left the company, a few things have happened. We have recently reviewed the compensation structure for 2018 and we are always reviewing our healthcare benefits, and we are open for suggestions. We see a lot of people moving around within the organisation within a function but we do recognise that there are some parts of the organisation where specialist skills make this harder. We do recognise the concern that internal promotion for those who are not experienced managers can provide challenges for their teams. This is why we are always exploring ways of improving our learning and development, and are always open for employees to come to us if they want to gain a certain skill. We’re also running some team sessions to set up the right culture and values. We try to hire experienced professionals from outside of the organisation where we can. We wholly welcome the opportunity to discuss more with you – please do make contact with us at theteam@thirdbridge.com - however you feel comfortable doing so. Thanks again for taking the time to write. -Team Third Bridge
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