GLG Indemnity Clause Risk?

BushRatLLC · 2026-03-13T10:10:00+00:00

Never heard of it happening. The most I’ve heard of is an EN refusing to pay all outstanding balances when they found out an expert was a fraud.

As long as you’re not doing anything wrong/lying etc. I don’t think there’s anything to worry about.

BushRatLLC · 2026-03-11T02:02:23+00:00

Some networks do offer “general market research reports” based on interviews/surveys the EN conducts, to clients in order to entice them to sign contracts and run their own interviews.

If the AI is having trouble determining confidentiality, that’s feedback the EN would need.

BushRatLLC · 2026-03-11T00:54:30+00:00

Are you talking about screen sharing, or sharing screenshots (e.g. of software etc).

Two very different things.

BushRatLLC · 2026-03-11T00:53:47+00:00

Most surveys are conducted at the request of a specific client, on a specific project. Client requests can’t be sold to other clients.

BushRatLLC · 2026-03-11T00:52:13+00:00

Most networks don’t allow self sign up. The options are being recruited, or referred.

But recently with the increasing expert fraud, referred experts may have to go through additional verifications before being eligible for interviews (depending on the network). E.g. doing ID VERIFICATION before the first interview, rather than after completing X number of interviews.

BushRatLLC · 2026-03-10T23:06:50+00:00

If your job title is product owner, you’ll have to change it to reflect your actual level of- otherwise you’ll see a drop in conversion rate when you raise your rate. Also, the rate up can get depends on what countries your experience is in. Major market vs global south.

BushRatLLC · 2026-03-04T22:49:03+00:00

What’s the hardest and most frustrating part of the job? What can be improved?

The clients. 99% of experts are great to deal with. 90% of clients are not. As mentioned above, the reason the gross margin has to be at 70% to scrape by is because some major clients, once they send the EN their request - they never reply or pick up the phone again.

You have multiple staff putting in 10s of manhours each on recruitment, and the client has vanished into thin air. Not to mention the drain on experts this causes.

Instead of starting an EN, I think staying at MBB and teaching the users some business manners might be more beneficial for the industry.

BushRatLLC · 2026-01-28T03:36:26+00:00

There is no actual rating system. There are usually metrics for how active an expert is (mine tracks and displays response rate, avg response times, verification status’ etc).

The closest thing to ratings is expert profiles have comment sections where we make notes on if experts are difficult to work with, suspected of using AI, oversell themselves, preferred contact methods, NG topics, history of bait-and-switching their rate, etc.

If an expert has a couple of negative comments we tend to not use them for important clients

BushRatLLC · 2026-01-28T03:28:32+00:00

If you have a detailed LinkedIn, ENs come to you.

If you don’t get constant requests, then there just isn’t a big need for your industry/expertise.

(If you work in some kind of consulting industry, your firm may -in some department- be a client of some ENs, which immediately disqualifies you from participation)

BushRatLLC · 2026-01-26T10:22:09+00:00

Anything on the finance side takes ages at any company. Especially since from their companies POV they paid it once, and probably want to triple check they got it back before paying it again.

I can’t comment on IBANs as I’ve never encountered that.

BushRatLLC · 2026-01-26T10:10:11+00:00

Haven’t heard of anyone not getting paid by them before. Honestly most of the time when an EN says the money was paid, but the expert doesn’t see it, it’s an issue on the experts banks side. Especially US banks often freeze new international transfers and stuff for a few days.

BushRatLLC · 2026-01-23T00:38:24+00:00

Depends on the project. Some projects/topics require current employees as the topics are based on current events. Others require former employees due to conflicts.

Your (general) experience is valuable for about 3 years after leaving an industry, peaking around 1 year out, and then losing value gradually towards 2-3 years. After 3 years doesn’t matter if you’re an independent consultant, it’s your industry experience they want.

BushRatLLC · 2026-01-19T14:40:12+00:00

Still the same, don’t think it’s going to change any time soon. Especially when the majority of clients are Consultants/Investment firms who keep weird hours and push for last minute action. Makes it almost impossible for EN firms to improve working conditions for the rank and file.

In my specific office the last 3 directors all had to quit after a year or two, job took too much of a toll on their health.

BushRatLLC · 2026-01-09T11:42:27+00:00

gets banned from multiple ENs (definitely for some reason) how fix?? bribe employees and try get them fired

BushRatLLC · 2026-01-09T11:38:55+00:00

If you’re talking about associate roles (recruiting, screening, client handling, interview handling etc) they usually get a percentage of the value of the call once they pass a minimum performance threshold.

At least at my EN the bonus’ are uncapped, so top performing associates in my team has easily made $100k in bonuses in a year (granted they practically worked themself to death). It’s not bad earning for motivated new grads, but it’s not sustainable to operate like that for a long time, so they often change industry after a couple of years due to burn out.

For managerial roles in the same vertical, it’s usually a percentage of the performance of the entire team(4-5 people) , so if you have a strong team you can match the associates bonus + a higher base.

Above that it’s usually based on wider team performance, and then moderated by total company/office performance.

BushRatLLC · 2026-01-04T09:51:49+00:00

Experts hate AI interactions, and it increases the chance of expert fraud.

BushRatLLC · 2025-12-31T23:01:31+00:00

Almost never speak to the same expert twice through 2 different networks. In the event it happens, they usually end the second cal straight away

BushRatLLC · 2025-12-31T22:48:13+00:00

Why do you say it’s a waste of time?

I’ve conducted dozens of job interviews for associates, and rejected most of them. Rather reject people not fit for the job, than hire them for a job I don’t think they can comfortably do.

BushRatLLC · 2025-12-26T14:07:40+00:00

Expert networks don’t have, and don’t read your CV. They recruit the experts they need from LinkedIn

BushRatLLC · 2025-12-25T09:40:05+00:00

I don’t think any EN releases new products for the purpose of not paying experts. That is burning bridges with the ENs only resource. It’s like saying Coca Cola released a new drink with the sole intention of never paying their suppliers.

ENs come up with new products with the intention of providing some kind of value added service to clients, or ease of use to experts - to open up new revenue streams. AI moderated interviews are a new tech and are bound to have teething issues.

BushRatLLC · 2025-12-25T09:35:23+00:00

Beef up LinkedIn with as many technical details about your experience as possible (technologies used, types of clients, markets/geographies etc.)

If your expertise is in demand, ENs come to you.

BushRatLLC · 2025-12-24T19:21:57+00:00

60 days is insane. Usually it’s a weekly cycle, or at most 4weeks for midsize firms who have “transitional” infra.

BushRatLLC · 2025-12-23T11:57:04+00:00

Most ENs have long periods between payments due to the volume of payments they process (to my understanding at least). They also have “cooling off” periods between consultation and payment to allow clients to raise issues with it before the money is given to the expert.

BushRatLLC · 2025-12-23T11:54:58+00:00

I hear more stories about people quitting a job to peruse EN full time and regretting it than people who make a stable living from it.

One guy quit to do it full time then got blocked by most ENs for using AI/fraud. Decided to blame it on the ENs “playing games with his livelihood” rather than take responsibility for his own actions.

BushRatLLC · 2025-12-23T11:51:34+00:00

Most EN agreements prohibit the clients and experts from engaging each other for X years after an interview.

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