AlphaSights reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(2,025 total reviews)
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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
4.0
Oct 28, 2025

Associate role

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Pros

aining early career experience in a client-facing sales role with a potentially high-earning, performance-based compensation structure, working with intelligent peers, and having the opportunity to interact with industry leaders.

Cons

long and demanding hours, a repetitive and low-challenge daily workload with minimal intellectual stimulation, high pressure to meet unrealistic metrics.

5.0
Oct 27, 2025

It's what you make out of it

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Pros

- Unique company: Both founders previously built and successfully exited their own startups before founding AlphaSights. The company is founder-led and privately owned, with no outside investors. This means you have two founders who genuinely care about your success. Targets are realistic, expectations are clear, and there’s a strong feedback culture focused on “failing forward.” - Unlimited opportunities: Global mobility, clear career progression, and uncapped bonuses. - Engaging role: The job can be extremely engaging if you are creative, take ownership, and are proactive - regularly meeting experts and clients. - Diversity and inclusion: AlphaSights practices full salary transparency - everyone at each level earns the same, meaning no one has to negotiate their salary. The company hires from diverse backgrounds and focuses purely on whether you’re a strong fit for the role, fostering a truly inclusive and merit-based culture.

Cons

- Proactivity is key: There are countless opportunities, but you need to be proactive and take initiative to seize them - the experience is ultimately what you make of it. - If you live in Sales Navigator and rely on mass outreach, the job can become quite boring - again, it’s what you make of it. - Every coin has two sides: the bottom-up model and fast career progression mean that management can be relatively inexperienced. They care deeply and will give 100%, but they will make mistakes. - Work–life balance: Traditional work–life balance doesn’t really exist here - it’s more about integrating work into your life. You don’t need to stay in the office until 11pm for face time like in investment banking or consulting, but the nature of the industry means you need to stay switched on and responsive to deliver for clients and beat the competition. For some, this constant engagement can be draining.

3.0
Oct 27, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay for an associate, good monthly bonuses earning over £1,000 extra a month. Work isn’t challenging at the Associate level, there’s just a lot of it which is the challenge. Good social culture. If you work hard you can make something good out of the role.

Cons

Pay levels off at the manager level, no real pay progression and your bonuses are heavily influenced by how well your associates perform rather than how you perform. Pays less than other roles with 2 years experience and you have more work with less responsibility than you would have elsewhere

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