AlphaSights reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(2,023 total reviews)
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Max Cartellieri

80% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

AlphaSights has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,023 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 Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
May 6, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Most people are nice and fun - Fairly decent salary - Semi-regular and fun post-work events - Nice office in a good location - Some positive additional benefits At the end of the day, it's your choice. I was fully aware of the negative reviews before I even submitted my initial application and kept checking them throughout what would be a 3+ stage interview process. I'm sure any thorough applicant does the same. Some people clearly have a great experience there - but personally, I didn’t find the culture to be positive or supportive in any meaningful way. I struggle to see how that perception could be true, but many people do succeed here. Though in what way, and how they find that fulfilling, I really don’t know.

Cons

For the sake of not repeating what others have already said, I’ll simply say that my time there aligns almost exactly with the worst reviews already posted. So instead, here are a few simple points to give you an idea of the day to day: Expect long hours with little justification. A culture that often feels more focused on putting people down than teaching them how to do better. The work is highly repetitive and lacks variation. Be prepared to be spoken to as if you don’t know anything at all, constantly. There’s little to no intellectual challenge involved. This is a sales role, no mistaking that. However, there’s virtually no strategic thinking involved - especially in the first couple of years. Unless you're happy working 9–10 hour days with minimal reward beyond a slightly above-average graduate salary, it’s worth reconsidering. Learning opportunities are limited unless your long-term goal is to manage sales teams or navigate challenging workplace cultures.

2.0
Jan 8, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If nothing else, AlphaSights will quickly teach you what it means to work hard. It fosters a great culture with monthly in-office happy hours. Everyone who works there is genuinely smart and friendly. The connections (trauma bonds as it was often referred to) I formed with coworkers at AlphaSights were definitely the best part of the job and what I will miss the most about leaving. Multiple perks (daily lunch deliveries, discounted gym rates, cold brew on tap, etc.) are all great parts of the job but they also have to offer so many of these because they know their employees will leave if they don't. Specific teams are also given lots of money to spend on discretionary activities and will often do fun out-of-office team events/happy hours.

Cons

Nobody who is 24 and graduated college two years ago should be managing a 22-year-old who graduated college three months ago. The managers are extremely inexperienced and terrible when it comes to dealing with things you would expect your boss to be actually able to handle. The managers try to be fun and make jokes all day long with the associates on their team as if they are friends and equals rather than their superiors but then behind closed doors in weekly meetings, the atmosphere is very different. It's common for managers to blame associates for their account's poor performance despite much of it being pure luck. The managers' performance is entirely dependent on the performance of their associates so there is constant pressure put on them. The endless stress associated with this job is pushed down from the top all the way to the bottom. The official hours are 50 a week but I don't know a single person who has come near to putting in that little time on any given week. This would be okay if the base salary justified how much time people are spending in the office but it doesn't really come close when you compare it to similar positions in New York. Especially when you consider how much money the firm is making when you sell even a single call. Further, there will be some weeks where no matter how hard you try or how much time you spend working, you simply will not sell many calls. This job is extremely dependent on your daily luck. Ultimately, you cannot control whether a random person who likely thinks you're trying to scam them will actually get on the phone with you. And if you do convince that random person to speak with you, and if they do actually end up being a great fit for your project, whether or not your client agrees to take a call with them is also reliant on luck. The bottom line is this job is incredibly stressful largely because no matter how hard you work, some months just don't pan out for you. It is legitimately concerning how many people I had a coffee chat with who said they would or still do leave the office crying several nights a week. I get that any job you land right after college will be a difficult adjustment but AlphaSights really knows how to test the limits of their employees' mental health. The worst part is they don't seem very concerned.

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