Glorified call centre - Manager, Development AlphaSights Employee Review

1.0
8 Aug 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Pay is good (if you work 12 hrs a day) - Diversity within office

Cons

- Manipulative managers + Vps. Love micromanaging and get upset if you do not attend social events - Spend 2-3 hrs a week to talk about your self but super repetitive - After 5 months on the job, the learning curve is flat. Very hard to get a new job if you spend too long at this job. It is a glorified call centre, and all interviewers know this. Most people who leave Alpha sights, either go on to do an MBA, join a family business, or take a similar role in cold calling. That is a fact - The company thinks that the clients need us more than they do. There are 7-8 players in the market, and they all have the same contacts - Company retention is abysmal. The average person stays for less than 14 months - If you have any other job offer, take that

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5.0
1 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

very fun, insane work-life balance

Cons

You are going to have a fun time but not learn that much because the job is not that challenging

3.0
14 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

high earnings, competitive pay, young coworkers

Cons

you aren't rewarded with freedom when performing well, hours are unnecessarily long, friday optional WFH makes it barely worth it, plastic corporate culture, lack of investment in true happiness in their employees, lots of degrading cons are masked as "benefits" - you dont gain any specific or transferrable skills and unless you work and think outside of the box regarding skills you could develop, you'll find yourself at square 1 in an SDR role two years out, despite the job not even being a sales role (no, you dont get a strategy consulting gig after this). managers and vps all promoted within, some are very smart and nice but lack of external oversight hurts broadened perspectives

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