Alight Solutions reviews

3.2

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,767 total reviews)
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Rohit Verma

70% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Alight Solutions has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,767 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alight Solutions employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Dec 11, 2017
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Pros

Can not think of any “pros” per se. The company holds zero allegiance to its employees. Maybe being able to work virtually?

Cons

Outsourcing division was purchased from Aon Hewitt earlier this year by the Blackstone Corporation. An initial round of cuts was made at the end of March, first of April. Everyone was told it would be the only cuts that were to be made. New structuring took place, new assignments, new managers and clients, etc. In May, they held another round of cuts based off a 5 question rating scale assigned to you by your previous manager. You had zero input. There was no review given and your current manager was not made aware of what was transpiring. Upper management boasts of an “open door policy” and of transparency...that’s not the case with this company. The raises were a joke. One every other year and at most, a 2% increase. No upward mobility to another role. When you hit the job market, you soon realize their “proprietary” software does not provide you with any significant experience you can parlay into another field. It’s meant for Aon Hewitt/Alight only. And they also tell you they will set you up for success through “team” members as well as a plan should you have any issues. This too is a joke. System analysts are so bogged down with work they are unable to mentor or teach anyone and your “manager” more times than not would be irritated if you disturb them during a phone call or while seeking help. All learning experiences are typically taught via webinars or through their “online” courses. Managers covering other manager’s backsides because they were previously roommates. Not to mention they directly reported to someone who was also a former roommate. Think about that...2 managers (former roommates) and their superior (also their former roommate) assigned the same set of people. If you had any issues with one, exactly who do you turn to? Could this not be considered a conflict of interest? I had extremely high expectations for this company in the beginning. 7 years later, had I known then what I know now, I would not have accepted the job.

2.0
Oct 20, 2017

Stay Away

Recommend
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Pros

- Work from home opportunities and generally flexible hours(depends on your manager) - Generally get to work with good people

Cons

- Thrown to the wolves -> no formal training or ongoing focus on developing associates. The culture is to do more and more work with no focus on professional growth - Compensation is terrible - I tried on numerous occasions to have my compensation brought up to competitive with my peers and every time an increase was provided, it was minimal at best and kept me well underneath my peers. I was also paid well under my role level's minimum and the company's HR told my manager not to share information on pay ranges with associates...shady practice, since they don't allow employees to know this information in the first place. - Too many lifers who don't know how to manage or run a business. When the people making decisions haven't had more broad experience within separate roles/companies/industries and the decisions they make don't help long-term, it's easy to see the place going downhill...fast - Managers don't have enough time to coach up and work with their teams and are generally out of touch with just how much work employees at lower levels have to handle on a daily basis. - Cost-cutting measures are extreme with many rounds of layoffs, especially in 2017 and the focus is on moving work to India more than it is doing the work right - Pipeline for new business is non-existent. Employees have been told for years that the pipeline is strong and can bring in great business, yet the business never comes. Focusing on costs over doing better and more business will be the company's downfall. When you barely hit annual revenue goals because of client's enacting early contract terminations, you're not winning. - No opportunities to move to other roles internally at this point as most are offshore or too low-level to reasonably move to - As an operations manager, you have to own multiple client relationships as well as an insane amount of internal contacts, while driving results and monitoring hundreds of e-mails each day. With compensation as low as it is, and the hours it requires to successfully operate and run a team, true compensation is well, well, WELL below average. - Leadership consistently states that those who perform will be rewarded and well-compensated. I regularly performed and was rated above average to exceptionally well and was never rewarded. - I don't trust the leadership at the company and would never recommend working at Alight, to anyone who is looking for a job. Find a place where you have opportunities to enjoy your work and move up and also be compensated fairly. Don't fall into the trap of working from home making this company an acceptable one to work for.

1.0
Nov 7, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

none , very very bad job

Cons

This is the worst job experience I have ever had with any company in terms of Treatment and basic human rights because they treat people like robots. The experience goes beyond a normal 9 to 5pm job. There will never be a worse experience than this place they really have no idea how to treat workers like human beings here. We are placed on calls , if management does not like you , you will be poorly treated they will give you back to back calls, the work is unbareable and impossible and never ending.. You will noticed some of the brown noser in here dont get any calls coming through their line but some people get all the calls and are in the same department so something is really wrong here with treatment. They blame their employees for their failing technology and the customers are always upset and angry. 9/10 all the coworkers in here are extremely unpleasant people to work with, they have a very cutthroat nature in here and it is extremely competitive. By the end of the day you wont want to talk or be near people. This job will give you no satisification or self accomplishment as they tend to take their best and brightest and burn them out when they elevate them. I went from a regular CSR to OFS11 and when they gave me the position they made sure they burned me out by making my everyday work experience terrible. The work is never ending.. and i really mean that you will always have to do countless callbacks. They do not delegate work properly and there is extreme favoritism and mistreatment here, The surveyors at this place are just as bad, they will call your line pretending to be an account holder and make your life more difficult than a regular customer and believe me you will beable to tell the difference between the calls. I worked in the YSA department and it has been a real nigthmare,. I come from professional Medical Claims backround and I honestly cant wait to leave here and never have to look back.

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