AlphaSights reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(2,025 total reviews)
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Max Cartellieri

81% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

AlphaSights has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,025 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 Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
5.0
Feb 3, 2014

Demanding and fulfilling work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work is fulfilling -- you see how your efforts contribute to the bottom line of the firm.

Cons

You can never really disconnect from your email during evenings or weekends.

1.0
Oct 7, 2025
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Pros

Great peers to share the struggle with.

Cons

Working here was one of the most draining professional experiences I have had. The culture is built on constant surveillance and pressure to hit aggressive monthly performance hurdles. Your success and even job security depend entirely on “hitting the hurdle” a quota you must reach every month just to stay safe. The targets feel arbitrary and tied to factors you can not fully control, yet falling short can quickly put you on a track toward termination. Every day is monitored down to the smallest details; how fast you respond to messages, when you post your priorities, and whether you have looked busy enough. Managers talk about feedback and support, but most of it feels like policing and fear-driven compliance rather than genuine development or coaching. You are expected to appear productive at all times, and there’s very little trust or autonomy. Work–life balance essentially does not exist. The environment rewards constant availability and punishes slowing down. Even being sick or needing time off does not stop the pressure; you just fall behind and risk losing your job. The culture runs on fear of missing your numbers, not on helping you grow. Turnover is extremely high because this is simply not sustainable. Many people burn out or plan their exit once they realize what the day-to-day reality is; an endless cycle of proving you are meeting quotas rather than doing meaningful work or learning in a healthy way. If you are thinking of applying, understand what you are walking into: a culture obsessed with tracking and hitting hurdles every single month, no matter the cost. It is not a place to build a stable, long-term career or feel supported; it’s a short-term grind that comes at a high personal price.

2.0
Feb 3, 2025
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Pros

You get to learn a lot about what you don’t like and what a toxic work environment feels like but you do get to meet a lot of people your age (who all hate their job)

Cons

It is a glorified call center and it is a sales job and it is not in any way shape or form a consultancy or executive search or a place where you will gain any hard skills only soft ones like how to balance a bucket load of work that you think is stupid and how to not crack emotionally from how miserable you are

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