Little-to-no control over placement: When you join AlphaSights, you are haphazardly placed on one of their client segments. When I connected with colleagues on different segments, it seemed that their experiences were quite different in terms of working hours, Client demand, etc. You can also be moved off your team unexpectedly if another account needs more Associates.
Extremely Monotonous & Unfulfilling/Thankless Work: Yes, you "work" in many different industries, but with the company's current objectives, the job really just becomes a quantity game. Some of the most successful associates (based on performance metrics) will tell you that it's a waste of time to dive into the subject fields at hand and instead you need to learn to multitask... basically if you can become a robot that can talk on the phone, email, and draft documents simultaneously then you have a good shot at high performance. The clients you are servicing are often under INTENSE pressure and that trickles back to the AlphaSights associate.
Working Hours: 8am starts are both somewhat useless and fully unenjoyable. While you might work 8am-6pm the intensity of those hours are worse than what your friends going into "more rigorous" industries will endure. You'll more often be working 8am-6:30pm or 7:00pm (and some people worked later but I always took the liberty of not despite a touch of pressure).
Leadership + "Fun" / Young Culture: The leadership structure at AlphaSights is, in my opinion, finally catching up to itself. While senior leadership is very capable, there are now ~8 senior leaders that are now responsible for overseeing a massive cohort of Managers that are 24-26 and only have professional experience at AlphaSights. When the company was smaller, senior leaders likely had more of a guiding hand and influence over this cohort but the scale and sheer size of the company feels like its getting to a place that requires more experienced middle management as well.
Poor Diversity: There is an "emphasis" on diversity but it still felt like 99% of my colleagues came from the same background/same schools etc. I know they are making strides in this area but as of today it is still lacking.
