Pros
Big alphasighhh. The only pro was the train ride home to my overpriced room through zombie ridden San Francisco.
Cons
Hey you! Yeah you: recent college grad or desperate job hunter, yeahhh they come after you guys and show you the nice salary to get that glimmer of hope into your enthusiastic little eyes…until you realize it’s a churn and burn, depressing, sad place to be. The role itself is basically harassing random people all day trying to set up phone calls. You will be a depressed phone call appointment setter, looking out of the gloomy window for 10 hours a day wishing you could explore the city that you were ready to enjoy. If you’re lucky enough to make it past the all of the interviews, be prepared to uproot yourself for the move, in hopes you don’t get fired within the first 3-6 months! And if you do get fired, be ready to cough up that sign on bonus and give it back to greedy ol’ Max. After a long 10 hour, eye frying shift, you can then try to talk to your pretentious east coast graduate co-workers and see if you can click with them on any topic other than golf or money. Being Truthful: I was a just as excited as some of you are, ready to move and start a new career. This life draining, brain deadening job completely ruined my San Francisco experience, first corporate experience and my overall view of sales roles, which in reality are way more enjoyable. I would rather be punished like Prometheus than work at this borderline unethical cult of a “company.” Explore your options! Stay with family if you can, this economy is rough right now! Go at your pace and do what’s best for you which is anything other than AlphaSights.