Honest Review - Anonymous employee AlphaSights Employee Review

2.0
Oct 20, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hopefully this does not get drowned out by the suspicious stream of vague positive reviews which you should be wary of. If you find this informative, upvote to help others be aware. Positives: - There are some brilliant people to work with, though they usually do not stay for long. - Relative autonomy with work though this varies depending on your role/team. In operations you have more variety, while associates have extremely repetitive and target-driven projects consisting mainly of cold calling and data search/entry. - Pay and benefits appear to be good but...

Cons

- Extremely long hours (08:30-18:30 minimum) plus regular overtime expected and required for the workload, so the hourly rate is low - do not be misguided by the salary and factor in time for commuting. This leads to... - Poor work-life balance. This has been raised repeatedly in quarterly review meetings but never properly addressed, instead countered with efforts to create more social events - not what you need when burnt out from excessive work. Many team members have left due to decline in mental/physical health. - Inexperienced management at multiple levels. You get promoted by tenure and ability to endure the workload rather than actual competence, which makes it difficult to develop solid transferable skills to advance your future career elsewhere. This is unfortunately a toxic masquerading as ‘high performance’ workplace where no-one competent stays for long, and with the work being generally unchallenging besides the volume, the company can manage the high turnover by constantly hiring new graduates. While not the worst place to work, you should grow your career elsewhere.

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AlphaSights Response
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I appreciate you leaving your feedback. RE extremely long hours: Like many professional services and client service roles this is not a 9-5 job. We recognise that our hours are from 8:30-18:30 and sometimes an hour or two longer and that this is not for everyone. RE inexperienced management: We do promote people early on, only 2 years into their career, but we only promote top performers. Candidates are rigorously assessed to ensure they have the skills to manage the increased responsibility. Not everyone is successful in this process.

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