A bad company - Research Manager Guidepoint Employee Review

1.0
11 May 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The office is new and very nice. The end.

Cons

You are a glorified recruiter - this is not "Scientific and Technical Consulting" as they advertise around college campuses. The culture is brutal - Absolutely nobody I talked to enjoyed working there. Work is extremely mundane and management gets promoted to managerial positions based on time spent in the recruiter roles and not based on their ability to manage humans. Pay is bad - All Guidepoint competitors pay more and even then the average salary for these companies is low. They dangle a quarterly $500 (MAXIMUM) bonus in front of you if you outperform all of your peers. If you're reading this, you likely have a degree from a good university and were pitched the ability to network with some great industry leaders in this role by working to add them to Guidepoint's network and get them to consult. The actuality of this job is that you copy and paste the same message on LinkedIn to people, harassing them to join Guidepoint's network at times. There is no personal networking. There is no skills you can ascertain as a young professional in this role. There is no personal fulfillment you get in this role. Avoid this company like the plague. Also! A quick little Google search will show you some pretty fun recent lawsuits against Guidepoint for discrimination and retaliation.

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Guidepoint Response
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Thank you for telling us about your experience. While we understand that the job may have not been a good fit for your personal goals, many others have experienced great success building their professional networks and acquiring a wide arsenal of both hard and soft skills during their tenure at Guidepoint. By using the skills they have gained in the Client Service role, they have gone on to pursue rewarding careers in a wide range of fields. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly if you are interested in continuing this discussion.

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1.0
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Pros

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Cons

Do not take a job with Guidepoint, even if you were a strong student in college and consider yourself a hard worker. The project managers are fine, but the team leads are awful. You won’t learn any tangible skills; the work largely consists of reaching out to people on LinkedIn for hours on end. On top of that, they will let people go very easily. Stay away from this company.

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