Baptism By Fire - learn a lot and then leave - Private Equity Associate AlphaSights Employee Review

2.0
Dec 14, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

make some great friends have to learn fast can get your foot in the door to private equity/consulting firms make commission can become manager in 2 years

Cons

no work life balance overwhelming job that you can get caught up in do not get paid for amount of work - (60+ hours a week) extremely understaffed high turnover bad management because everyone else leaves and they just appoint whoever is left into the position

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AlphaSights Response
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Thanks for taking the time to share this. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed our learning environment and made some friends along the way! I'm disappointed to hear you found "no work life balance"— taking care of our team is a top priority and we're making additional efforts to promote work-life harmony and healthy habits across all offices. Sloan Danenhower, San Francisco VP

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