Met some great people, but that's about it. - Manager AlphaSights Employee Review

+ Industry beginning to saturate -- everyone and their mother can "custom source hand-picked experts". Doesn't seem like the company is doing as much as they could to introduce new offerings to the market/ or recruit new experts more effectively. + Small company not able to dismantle the bureaucracy of other large orgs -- dealing with legal and procurement is an ABSOLUTE nightmare. That should be something AlphaSights prioritizes if it wants to win and retain new business. + Professional development doesn't do much -- if you are on a Client Service team, you receive training that helps you with role-specific tasks, but they really don't do much to develop any functional experience that extends beyond the walls of AlphaSights. Segues well to my next point, but there is little training that prepares you for your next role -- you're trained to be an Account Manager who doesn't know how to upsell. Looking back on it, I would much rather the company invest those dollars spent on fancy food and team events into developing their employees. + Not very transparent about exit opportunities -- realistically, you are going to be an Account Manager and you're going to have a difficult time getting a role that's industry-specific. I imagine that it was easier a few years back to transition to a new job because few people knew what an Expert Network did, but with the company bolstering its social presence, people shouldn't have a difficult time identifying what you did for 10 hours a day -- even with the words "strategy consulting" in your title. + Company REALLY cares about face time... even in non-client service roles. Never quite made sense.