Given most employees are straight out from University some managers lack leadership experience. They tend to address other employees in a harsh tone and get stressed given the fast paced work environment. This creates frustrations in the teams and at times an unpleasant work environment.
I experienced that the tone and communication within the company was negative and non-constructive. For example when a new employee made an honest mistake, the employee got told off in a very patronising and strict way. All the negative things was repeated 5-6 times making the new employee and the rest of us in the meeting feeling uncomfortable. Nothing constructive.
AlphaSights promotes an open and honest culture with diversity but micromanages you and tries to make you fit into their ideal employee box. When I was newly employee my manager encouraged me to take 10min coffee-breaks with colleagues from other departments to socialise but my manager then questioned me for scheduling a 10min coffee-break and wanted to know in detail why this meeting was arranged and the purpose of it, even though she encouraged me to schedule these meetings in the first place .
They are big on feedback which can be good, however, I experienced that the feedback was very personal depended not giving space for individuals to be themselves. There was a lack of support from the manager if help was needed, and support was only if it made them look good.
In my team my colleagues often talked negatively about individuals from other teams, which created a negative atmosphere ( laughing and talking behind their back). Not a healthy culture in my opinion. Managers talk everyday about how lucky employees are at working at AS, never mentioning anything that does not work, which makes it difficult for employees to actually raise their voice about negative experiences at the company.
Very long working hours with overtime most days and no flexibility. If you put many hours at the company it seems like they see you as more ambitious compared to if you work efficiently. Pay might be good on paper, but compared to hours. Not so much.
I cannot speak for the other departments, but I would not recommend the job I had. Either you really like it or then you don't like it at all. Never experienced that many people leaving within working there for 6 months.
