Third Bridge reviews

You'll spend the majority of your time on Linkedin searching for potential specialists/leads that you then have to inmail or cold call. It's extremely repetitive and unrewarding, not to mention frustrating (most people do not have time or do not want to speak to a stranger). If you're not doing that, you'll be on the phone to existing specialists interviewing them about their knowledge of an industry and subsequently writing their bio. Again very repetitive and unrewarding. The company is targeting graduates from good universities because they want to showcase to clients that smart people are working for the company. However, what they really need is just someone who is relentless on the phone (think a pushy salesman). The company has an extremely high turnover of staff and most people who have recently started are already disillusioned 1-2 weeks in. People really do seem to hate the job (I do not use this word lightly). Although the industry and the company is doing well, and the employees are great people, the job in itself is terrible and I would advise people to stay far away. Do not get fooled when people tell you that "you'll be working with some of the biggest hedge funds, consultancies etc in the world" and "you'll learn so much about different industries". This is wildly misleading because most of the time you'll either be on Linkedin, cold calling, or interviewing people. I will give credit where it's due though. You will learn some useful things, such as dealing with clients, managing projects (very basic projects though, i.e. only compiling a list of people) and working under pressure. Compensation is not too bad either, when you take into account the monthly bonus (however, the target driven environment is exhausting). Below I have not only given "1-stars" because the company in itself offers a good service to the clients and the founders are good people, but the job in itself is awful.

- managers are very inexperienced and often immature and unprofessional when handling sensitive situations - bottom line is all that matters (everything else comes second including work life balance, ethical behavior, valuing the time of experts, proper compensation for experts, individual ideas, etc) - you are expendable if you are not meeting your goals. even one month of missing target means your job is in jeopardy, Even past success and consistency in meeting target does not change this, - if you are not currently employed at the time your bonus is paid out, you are not eligible to receive it (quarterly bonuses are paid out at the end of the month following the end of the quarter. For example, Q1 bonus paid out in late April.) After being 6 months removed from Third Bridge, my feelings about the company and my time there are confirmed. While I am thankful for all that I learned there, the job is not worth the mental stress, lack of work life balance, and overly selfish/competitive environment. If you are okay with that lifestyle, work in real private equity where you get more reasonably paid for the amount of hours you put in. At Third Bridge, you work the same hours as your PE clients, but you are paid 1/3 less.