AlphaSights reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(2,007 total reviews)
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Max Cartellieri

79% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

AlphaSights has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,007 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
4.0
Sep 2, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

For recent post-grads, despite the various negative reviews, I genuinely believe this is a great job to expose yourself to new industries, universal skill sets, and have colleagues who are also experiencing a new city/life post-grad with you. During my time, here I've admittedly developed a lot of foundational business skills that I can take with me in my next role. I also have experienced very positive and encouraging managers. I am not ignorant to the fact that this is not always the case, but I have nothing bad to say about any manager on my segment.

Cons

Before diving into the cons, I think it is fair to admit that your first job will almost never be your last job. But with this said, there is a reason they almost exclusively hire fresh college graduates. Work hours are ridiculous. No one can convince me that working 10+ hours a day PLUS monitoring weekend calls is normal, unless you are working at a more prestigious company. It bothers me that management seems to celebrate associates who work past 6pm and frown on those who leave promptly at 6pm. Another monumental con is the bonus structure. There have been months where I have maximized inputs, but failed to reach the hurdle because of external factors. This is extremely discouraging. Lastly, I am shocked by their lack of diversity in their hiring.

3.0
Dec 26, 2017

Great First Job

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Great company culture (young, energetic, etc.) and fun office -Strong development with soft skills (i.e. communication, negotiation, professionalism, etc.) -Incredible talent

Cons

-Very little work/life balance: hours are officially from 8am-6pm but realistically no one leaves the office before 7pm and no one stops working until 9pm/10pm, the expectation is that you're always on -The compensation is actually not that competitive when you break down the fact that you work at least 12 hrs a day -Very "one-track" on professional development (you either become manager or leave) -Day to day can be very monotonous once you get over the steep learning curve

5.0
May 13, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As a current employee that's been here around 1 year, I just want to weigh in regarding all the negative reviews that have cropped up recently. While we are no longer a start-up, we are still at a stage of growth where there a lot of issues and kinks to be worked out. AlphaSights allows people the opportunity to voice concerns and work toward enacting significant changes, and it's peoples' own fault if they're not taking those opportunities. I agree that more could have been communicated about exactly what the role entailed, but as far as I'm concerned that's an opportunity to be adaptive, flexible, and set aside entitled agenda in order to help contribute to a company's success. There's a lot that needs to be done between start-up and global powerhouse, and there are a lot of difficulties along the road. People need to recognize these difficulties in the context of what is, undeniably, an outstanding culture and an environment of very bright minds, and take steps to both efficiently handle the commercial responsibilities of the job and find the time to engage with and solve the problems that they find so repulsive. AlphaSights is not a place to come work if you expect everything to be handed to you. You need to work incredibly hard here because you have dual responsibilities - deliver our product to our clients, and help our business grow sustainably. People don't recognize that the job consists of both, and if you're not doing both, you're not doing the job!

Cons

Many cons have been expressed, but it makes sense for them to be thought about in this context.

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