Sales job, not a finance/consulting job!! - Private Equity Associate AlphaSights Employee Review

2.0
23 Sept 2021
Recommend
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Pros

If you're into partying, there is a fun culture around drinking and team outing events. Most employees were either in Greek Life or were college athletes. Most employees also went to top colleges and universities, but anyone can do this job.

Cons

1 / This is not a finance or consulting job, and will not prepare you for that career path!! - This is purely a sales/interview job. 60% of the job is messaging people on LinkedIn, sending emails, or cold calling experts and convincing them to do a call with your client. 2 / Very long hours, no work/life balance: - You're expected to work around the clock, and are basically at the client's will. It doesn't matter if you're at dinner, it's 11pm, or its the weekend, you're expected to start the project or risk being yelled at. Projects are also treated like life/death scenarios when it's literally setting up a 30 min call. 3 / Inexperienced Managers: - Chances are very high that your manager has only worked at AlphaSights, which makes it very hard for them to provide any type of career advice. 4 / Little to no diversity

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5.0
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Pros

Very good pay, in the middle of the city, amazing people and networking

Cons

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4.0
2 Jun 2026
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Pros

All around really great people culture, for the most part everyone is super driven and willing to help You definitley do earn early responsibility especially if you show early aptitude It's fun getting to own client relationship at a young age

Cons

Work and day can be tedious and feel repetitive, you must like talking to people all day, every day The hurdle performance tracking can be stressful for younger Associates Increasingly tighter competition as clients seek to find cheaper alternatives Exit opportunities can feel limited to account management/customer success work

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