The blind leading the blind - Anonymous employee AlphaSights Employee Review

1.0
Apr 28, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Open floor plan facilitates fraternization - Good snacks and beer on tap after hours, which is nice because you slave away after hours on a daily basis

Cons

- Management is inexperienced, incompetent, and very unapproachable. There is a handful of souls over 30 who work at the firm. Directives and feedback are given in a convoluted and inappropriate manner, and nobody has any idea how to handle even the slightest of problems. - There is no HR department or system for dealing with problems in the workplace between employees. - The work is monotonous and mind-numbing. It consists mainly of spamming hundreds of people per day on networking sites to participate in consultations or join the firm's network. The firm has been getting in trouble with professional networking outlets for abusing their licenses. The only tangible skills one can build in this job are basic phone and communication skills. - Job security does not exist. 40 new Analysts started between July and September of 2014 and only 30 remain 8 months later. The are frequent firings of those who don't hit their sales quotas and Analysts are fearful that they will not be around if they don't hit their quota each month. The firm attributes this to "natural attrition" that they pretend is common amongst companies: it's not. If every company had 25%+ of their employees leave before their first year was over there would not be very many large companies... - Almost laughable micromanaging culture instilled in employees from the very beginning due to distrust of others' work. Employees are miserable. Let people breathe. - Most positive reviews on here are due to pressure from People Operations to compensate for the company's declining rating.

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AlphaSights Response
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We’re sorry to hear the way you feel about your time at AlphaSights. While we deem feedback given privately to be more effective, we are reflecting on the issues you raise. Fast growth on a global scale presents challenges for any company, and we are committed to addressing any issues we assess to be objective as a matter of priority. Best, Max

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