Be Wary - Anonymous employee Bridge Investment Group Employee Review

Update to this review. If you read nothing else, read this paragraph. After submitting my review Bridge contested it trying to get it taken down. Bridge would rather hide what goes on instead of actually address the issues for why employees leave. Bridge is great at sweeping serious concerns under the rug and will continue their efforts to silence honest feedback. It’s difficult to look at my time with Bridge as anything less than frustrating and disappointing. There were good times, but unfortunately, they are overshadowed by the bad. So here are a few things you should be aware of before accepting a job with this company. The first you should know is the lower you are in the company the higher standard you are held to. Or rather, the higher you are in the company, the more lenient and protective they are. Don’t expect leadership to take appropriate action to right the wrongs managers cause for their teams. Next, you should know you can find some good people, even some great managers at bridge; however, they probably won’t stick around. In fact, some employees who leave bridge are met with hostility and the cold shoulder by their managers. Concerns raised in exit interviews are ignored. Instead of trying to understand the reason behind employees’ departures, they are ignored and blamed as being the problem. The results are stagnated problems or poor managers that continue to fester and drive turnover. Expect to have promises made that aren’t kept. Pay, promotion, etc. are held out as a carrot on a stick you’ll never actually reach. Especially for less senior or less “important” jobs. On top of that, leadership will sometimes support managers even when the manager is lying. Bridge also likes to set rules and expectations for the company and then make exceptions for those higher-level manager positions or those who are well liked/connected to leadership. Another thing you should know is that bridge will tout diversity, but it comes off as very ingenuine. The only diversity they care about are hot button issues that they can use to point to being diverse in order to generate more investor dollars. It’s not because they care about diversity, its because it gives them an advantage with investors. Be wary of accepting a job at Bridge. You may get some good experience, and depending on the vertical or department, the pay might be decent. Just do not expect this to be a company you can tolerate for years and years. You’re likely to grow disenchanted and be looking for a better company before too long, unless of course you are one of the higher managers being protected and rewarded for playing the politics game and undercutting/belittling/holding back other employees. Bridge wants yes-men, so unless that’s your style, look for another offer.