Had my self confidence trampled every day and made to feel deffective
Pros
- The co workers you trauma bond with. I made life long friends from AlphaSights, but they are built on shared mental abuse.
Cons
- You will be micromanaged until you are not able to think independently . Your relationship with your manager will be nice on the surface but based on fear and intimidation. You can hit your metrics every month but you will be asked weekly what you can do better. - Don't bother bringing up mental health to your superiors, it will be used against you and brushed off. I now have episodes of dissociation as a defense mechanism based on triggers from this job and the constant "constructive" feedback you get. This is just a job and none of it matters. If you are reading this and still employed at AlphaSights I beg that you turn your brain off in your 1 on 1 meetings so you don't get severe emotional damage from the constant degrading comments. Just nod your head and agree. - The SF office is a joke. With unbelievable turnover, our SVP said it was their core mission to fix turnover. The solution was rewarding the highest performing associates with a lunch-in that was just used as time to interrogate us as to why we were unhappy. Any complaint was immediately expelled. Oh and shortly after the mission of retention was announced, the person spearheading it left. - You are held like cattle until 6pm. If you are good at the job you are very efficient. Often I was done with work at 4 and then forced to sit mindlessly for 2 extra hours for appearances. - Don't think for a second that your clients (especially consulting) respect you. I have met several consultants outside of work and hear the nicknames they have for AlphaSights employees that constantly hound them. - Another review already said it, but "work is not supposed to be fun" Max Cartellieri.
