Pros
The best part of Global Rescue are the people that are you co-workers (upper management excluded) The grunts of the organization are a great group who are friendly and work hard. A bond is shared amongst them that they are part of a bad situation together. There is a gym in the Boston office that consists of some free weights, a bench, an old rowing machine, and a squat rack. Free Keurig coffee. A lot of potential travel if you enjoy it. Pretty good work-life balance. That's about it.
Cons
I won't bother by saying positive reviews are by the HR staff, if you haven't read other reviews and figured that out yet, take a look. There are many issues at Global Rescue. The previous reviews touch on many of them. Primarily, the issues all stem from a lack of investment in employees. Rather than work with an employee to set tangible goals, training, and other benefits that help them grow and enjoy their work, Global Rescue would rather fire them or wait for an employee to leave. This leads to incredibly high turnover (I was there a little over a year and saw upwards of 15 employees leave in an office of 35 people). The overall moral of the staff is dismally low - mostly because the solutions to many of the problems seem so obvious that it is baffling they are not implemented. While the upper management does recognize that there are issues and has tried to address them, nothing has changed. As many others have noted, almost any move requires the approval of upper management and the CEO. This micromanagement slows any real progress to a halt. Another huge issue is the lack of training and reliability of internal systems. There was no real formal training during my time there and I had to figure most things out by myself. This lead to a long time period of getting up to speed. The IT was being fixed when I got to Global Rescue, and was still being fixed on my way out (more than a year later). Again, the inefficiency is laughable. Upper management will lie to you. They will tell you one thing and blatantly do another. They can often be conniving. They don't invest in the happiness of employees. There are no work sponsored events, happy hours, or work outings. There are no snacks or food readily available. The kitchen tables are plastic folding tables. It makes it seem like a temporary office. Just insane Working from home on occasion only recently became mildly acceptable. It still seems frowned upon. The employee benefits are a joke. Long story short, you are expendable as an employee. Stay away.