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      AlphaSights

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      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

      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 2,007 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
      1.0
      Aug 28, 2025

      Worst Company on Earth

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Friends with people your own level since you are stuck in the office every day for 12+ hours. A lot of misery to bond over.

      Cons

      Culture is horrendous- just read these reviews. Managers don't care about you as a person. They expect you to forget about your life outside of work, harass people, and suck it up. There is no flexibility around work no matter how compelling your case. Need to leave early for the airport? forget about it. Doctor's appt, you better be responsive on slack (they do check to see if your slack status shows you are idle on the few work from home days you get per quarter). The management is so detached from the suffering of associates that they ignore the tears that are constantly shed around the office because this place makes people feel miserable, burnt out, and hopeless. The stress and unrealistic expectations, constantly moving goalposts cause people literal physical symptoms and all my friends started anti anxiety/ depression medication from working here. The monthly "hurdle" system is so toxic and you will need to work 12+ hours to occasionally get a bonus that makes your wage liveable in nyc. I hope this company goes out of business and all the associates working there finds an exit opportunity before they lose their personality and will to live. It's so hard to leave this place because to not lose your job you need to work 12+ hours a day (they are quick to notify HR if metrics aren't exceptional) and you are too brain dead and lack any marketable skills from the grunt work they have you do.

      1.0
      Mar 5, 2024

      *Read this if you are thinking about working here*

      Cst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fun people at times because most people are college aged (could also be a downside). The work sucks but you can trauma bond with your friends about it.

      Cons

      - You basically sell phone calls so understand that that's the job - Work is really repetitive and at times mind numbing - Senior management is incredibly out of touch with people on the ground. VPs worship upper management and its really strange and disconnected - Managers will micromanage you like no other. Understand that that is the type of working environment you are in - You are expected to work 8-6 (often staying later and responsive to emails/phone calls throughout the day/weekend) everyday. Fridays are WFH - Company is really inflexible. You have to always tell your team where you are/what you are doing if you are leaving your laptop (except to go to the bathroom). You are expected to log everything on your cal too - Over 50% of my starting class left in the first 8 months. They have such a retention issue.

      3.0
      Oct 22, 2021

      Solid first postgrad job - then get out

      Cst associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - They generally hire very well so you will be surrounded by smart, competent, and interesting people - You will learn how to sound professional on the phone with clients and will gain confidence speaking up in intimidating situations - Lots of face time with clients within your first 9-24 months in the associate role, including client lunches and regular phone calls, providing opportunities to network with top investment and consulting firms - Big focus on social events and material perks, including monthly team events (rooftop bars, workout classes, nice dinners, etc), huge holiday parties that have a college party feel, a very nice office kitchen fully stocked with great snacks, and a pretty generous subsidized lunch program - They have a big problem with retention, and consequently are extremely motivated to entice high-performing associates to stick around for the manager role. If you use this to your advantage as a second year associate, you can have a high degree of control over what segment you will be placed on as manager - There is a very pervasive "pay your dues"/"earn your stripes" mentality, so you have to grind HARD as a first year associate to prove yourself, but as you move into your second year you have a lot more leeway (as long as your manager is reasonable) - If you are willing to put in the work you can make a lot of money because of the performance pay structure. Especially as a second year associate, if you are strategic you will learn how to maximize efficiency and make as much money with as little effort as possible - If you have a genuine passion for client relations and account management, your second year will be much more interesting than your first

      Cons

      - The actual job is incredibly dull and monotonous, in my opinion - Clients can be incredibly rude and thoughtless. Many of them are working under immense pressure themselves and are required to take a certain number of expert calls by a certain date, which often leads to very short-notice, high urgency asks that can be nearly impossible to deliver on - Performance pay is structured such that you do not receive any performance pay until a call is completed. This means that if a client cancels a call at the last minute, you do not receive any bonus compensation for all the work you put in to arrange the call. There are many situations in which you will spend several hours working to satisfy a client's request and then something changes on their end and they no longer want to buy that call - Many clients do not respect the work that expert network services do, and act superior to you in a noticeable manner - In the first 6-8 months of the job, you will be very stressed and overworked, because the role takes a while to grasp and as a result you will be very inefficient at first. For my first six months I consistently worked 55-60 hour weeks. These were intense hours with no time for mid-day walks or lunch breaks - There are so many factors outside of your control that affect your performance pay, including either side (client or expert) canceling the call, unpredictable demand, over or under staffing, etc. - You learn a lot in the first year to 18 months about professionalism, organization, efficiency, and account management, but it seems to me that staying with the company longer than that would ultimately not be fulfilling or enriching

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