AlphaSense Reviews

– No diversity. If you're a white man who played lacrosse at Holy Cross, look no further! If that's not you, you might not fit in. – No clear company policy defined on any topic. Days off are supposedly according to the NYSE market calendar but that's not true. Don't come in on a day the market is closed and you might be the only one. – Management is full of itself and rarely responds to email, if they open it at all. – There is one stall for 50+ men to use, with a line throughout the day. Have to pee? Better go to Starbucks. – Management tries to make you think if you're not working 7-7 with availability though slack and email after-hours, you're not a team player and you should move on. – What management claims is "culture" is often used to silence dissent they don't agree with – No real benefits. They claim to have been working on this for years now but nothing has ever come of their buzzword meetings that make management feel like they're doing something without actually achieving anything. – The company talks a lot about career opportunities but when it comes down to it, they'll hire from outside the organization. – A lot of people have been with the company a long time and management looks the other way while they stay at home despite no WFH policy, don't meet targets, or take triple the vacation time they have. This won't fly with newer employees though.

SDRs that have mastered the role and proven themselves ready for promotion have nowhere to go and are undervalued-- we can go "above and beyond" expectations all we want and receive no recognition or opportunity for career advancement. There aren't enough AE, management, etc roles available for us to advance into based on the needs of the business, but leadership isn't being transparent about this. The interview process for an internal promotion is time consuming, stressful, grueling, and takes away from our ability to perform our regular jobs, hurting our numbers. The lack of transparency from management about timing and availability of promotions is unacceptable. It's a bad look for them to appear so disorganized, unaligned, and constantly change their story about when and where in the business we can expect spots to be available. I don't feel as though sales leadership (I want to be clear, NOT sales DEVELOPMENT leadership, but AE and corp/FS sales leadership) is invested in the SDRs' career growth, and sales development leadership unfortunately bears the brunt of complaints and confusion, when in reality they're just the messenger that gets shot. Sales leadership needs to get it together and go "all in" and commit to helping SDRs advance in their careers, or have enough respect to say that it's not a priority for the business so we can look for more promising opportunities elsewhere.