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      AlphaSights

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      AlphaSights reviews

      3.5

      54% would recommend to a friend

      (2,005 total reviews)
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      Max Cartellieri

      79% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      2.7

      Work/Life balance

      AlphaSights has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,005 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AlphaSights employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      2K reviews
      1.0
      Apr 25, 2023

      Hell-ish

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - bonding over how miserable you are with your coworkers creates for some meaningful friendships

      Cons

      Every con listed on these reviews are accurate and resonates for pretty much EVERYONE that’s worked here (regardless of team/business unit) but here are some more for emphasis — - atrocious hours for the pay, people will slack you at 9pm asking for something (you will never get a “break” from this job, even on the weekends) - severe burn out (management knows this and does nothing about it) - if you’re not already on antidepressants you’re about to be if you take this job (due to how mindless and repetitive the work is) - highly exploitative of naive young grads - recently docked the performance pay due to the recession so total salary isn’t what it used to be (even when CoL in nyc is at record highs) - inexperienced and ineffective managers that check in with you 3-4x a day (all comes down to a lack of trust from managers) - terrible exit opportunities (this job only really translates into a sales role, unless you’re really able to spin it into a consulting gig but most people know we’re not consulting)

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      AlphaSights Response
      2y
      At AlphaSights, we hire ambitious professionals who want to own results, build a track record of achievement, and accelerate their careers. We accept that we are not a place for everyone. As a large-scale graduate employer, we naturally serve as a springboard for early-stage career professionals who are attracted to AlphaSights for the transferability of skills and the optionality of taking on new roles later on. We are proud to see AlphaSights alumni go on and succeed across multiple fields, including finance (Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, etc.), technology (Amazon, Google, Meta, Salesforce, etc.), business school (Harvard, Insead, LBS, Stanford, Wharton, etc.) and entrepreneurship (Days Brewing, Dialectica, Tegus, Tribe, etc.) Fundamentally, we exist to deliver success to our clients, and to power career advancement for our people. Our track record shows that when we deliver along these dimensions, company success follows. - The AlphaSights Team
      1.0
      Sep 19, 2017

      Your credentials don't really matter

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      They have a very nice website. That's really about it.

      Cons

      It's a calling center! Stocking professionals and cold calling. There you have it!

      5.0
      Aug 10, 2015

      A Great Place to Start a Career

      Manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The list of pros is, in my opinion, extensive. First, as an entry-level associate, you will learn a variety of critical skill sets immediately. These include: research, professional communications – you will speak with senior level business executives multiple times each day, negotiations, project management, client relationship management, and coaching and training of new employees. At the manager level, one can add to this list a set of leadership and managerial responsibilities that are not available elsewhere to early-stage professionals. Writing reviews, leading a team, developing new business, and influencing business unit wide decisions could all fall within your purview (depending on performance). There are currently a number of 2012 and 2013 graduates who manage teams of 3-8 associates, control multi-million dollar books of business, and enjoy broad-reaching autonomy. Perhaps the biggest benefit to beginning a career at AlphaSights however, is one that is not always front-of-mind. That is the knowledge and experience gained from contributing to a company that is still in a high-growth, rapidly changing phase of its development. Some previous glassdoor reviewers seem to view this same issue as AlphaSights biggest downside, so let me explain my point in more detail. AlphaSights is growing rapidly, and there is no roadmap to follow. So while your daily responsibilities will always be clear, the strategic backdrop against which you perform them may shift into and out of focus at times. If ambiguity makes you uncomfortable (there are few standard operating procedures), and you need to be told how to conduct yourself professionally (there are fewer rules), this is not the place for you. However, there are plenty of established guidelines, and if you’re the type of person who knows how to take these and run in the right direction, you will flourish and make a distinct impact on your team and your business segment. For my money, the opportunities this environment provides far outweigh available to recent college grads in consulting, financial services, or sales.

      Cons

      I am admittedly biased here because I loved my job at AlphaSights. However, the biggest con, for me, was the lack of perspective among junior employees. Almost everyone is hired directly out of college, and their lack of life and work experience creates interesting hurdles for a management team that is attempting to create a fun work environment that is also profitable. This same perspective issue creates confusion in the cons section here on glassdoor. For example, many reviewers have listed “long hours” as a con. Long compared to what? The average AlphaSights day is 8am-7pm. Once or twice a week you will work 8am-8pm. Eleven or twelve hour days are not short, but if you can’t manage your work-life balance on that schedule in New York City then I recommend a period of deep introspection and self-examination – for it is possible the problem lies within. Similarly, other reviewers have mentioned a perceived “lack of transparency” as a con. The managing director of AlphaSights new york office held several months of weekly open office hours, and conducted bi-weekly townhall Q&A’s…and no one showed up. Perhaps to junior employees could attend because they were busy posting their issues to glassdoor instead of talking to their manager about them at that time? The actual issue seems to be a lack of questions not a lack of transparency. Having worked several other places, I would argue that AlphaSights is actually among the more transparent companies out there. Now that I’ve gotten that out, I will say that the company is not perfect. Like any organism, a company growing as fast as AlphaSights experiences growing pains. For example, forecasting workflow levels more than a few weeks out is best done with a diving rod and incantations and creates a variety of issues for teams. But this is not so much a con as one of the many challenges that comes with the adventure of working at a fast growth company.

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