AlphaSights reviews

Management is way way way too young to be in the roles they’re in. Because it’s overwhelming for them, they turn to really awful tactics, like micromanagement, surveillance, and job threatening. Because the metrics are clear, everyone knows where they stand— high performers are frequently threatened, despite metric achievement. Additionally, there becomes a culture among more senior associates of hyper competition, snitching, and tattling to filter into the manager pipeline (where the salary is not worthwhile). AlphaSights will likely rely to this review with their boilerplate “it’s not for everyone.” The truth is, the role is so easy it really is for everyone— it’s everything that comes around it. Additionally, they grasp for credit from their successful alumni, many of whom sought greener pastures from the start. I chose to leave my role after receiving a competitive offer, and literally my interviewer (ex PE, worked with AlphaSights) asked me “if I was looking for a job that used my brain.” The greater industries that AlphaSights serves (one of their selling points to the role) views AlphaSights as a disposable resource, and occasionally even a joke; certainly not a “partner” as AS would lead people to believe. Finally, I disagree that the role isn’t clearly laid out to people; my interview fully and clearly demonstrated the job accurately. What isn’t clearly laid out is the “uncapped commission,” it’s roughly capped at a largely attainable metric, but any “point” over the metric is only worth a small additional amount of money. So, while legally “uncapped,” associates are unable to truly attain the high monthly bonuses they’re led to believe they may achieve. Additionally, that aforementioned metric is actually the only KPI that matters— missing it leads to a meeting about underperformance. For any smart NESCAC/Vandy grad reading this: you can do anything else in this city successfully, put your brain to use, trust your gut, and avoid this company

The AlphaSights I joined, back when employees actually were actually put first, is gone. Do not expect to be respected for your opinion, your experience (even if you have 3+ years over others on your team), your time, or be paid what you are actually worth. In order to make this easier to digest, here are all the cons I can write down about working here: - Profits over people: don’t even try to talk to leadership about any issues on your team (i.e. team morale, feeling burnt-out, etc.). You will be told that you don’t need to worry about it or that “this isn’t for everyone” - Work/life harmony: a joke, you will work more hours than you are signing up for. Post-COVID leadership claimed they were going to make it better but then went back on their word and increased days in-office to 4 - BURNOUT: You will, without a doubt, get burnt out working here. I haven’t met a single person who currently or formerly worked here and wasn’t experiencing a crazy amount of burnout and guilt from it. - Leadership: Claims to be transparent with employees, but they keep things from you and your team. After 5 years of constantly trying to meet unrealistic expectations from my leadership, I started having actual anxiety coming into work not knowing what version of my manager or department head I was going to get. - Work: If you are CST, your job is sales; don’t let them tell you any different. If you are on a specialist team, get ready to be seen as less than the CST folks and constantly pushed aside when leadership is reconsidering policies. Your base salary will also always be lower than CST, a sales role in which they also receive a high compensation in addition to their base salary. - Tech stack: If you are on a specialist team, do not expect to be given the right tools to help you get your job done effectively. You will spend 70% of your job trying to accomplish something in spreadsheets that could easily be done in a tool, but the company budget is prioritized for CST and engineers. Overall, AlphaSights is overpromising a positive experience and actually provides one of the most stressful and negative work environments I have ever been a part of. I used to rave about working here and would recommend to anyone, and now I yell run anytime AlphaSights is mentioned.