You do meet some great, wonderful people (Fellow SDRs) - Recensione dipendente - Sales Development Representative (SDR) presso AlphaSense

I know the 'corporate world' can be toxic but working here has been an eye-opening experience, though not in the positive way one would hope for in a professional setting. Unfortunately, the workplace environment here has been marred by a pervasive undercurrent of racism, sexism & unconscious classism creating a deeply unsettling atmosphere for minorities background employees. I know in every job you are 'replaceable' but here they really don't care about SDRs even if they say so, what I mean by that false promises of promotion when you join, they would just add another obstacle or introduce another title before becoming a AE, you can see the plan it is to continually hire SDRs just to get as much meetings and revenue opportunity up before IPO, rinse them out/feed them with false promises of promotion (which don't all exist because there are way too many SDRs to promote) they know a big chunk of SDRs would leave so they would continually hire a new bunch; a cycle; round and round. They have unrealistic targets, but even if you hit those targets, you want to get promoted or acknowledged? Well if you're a minority then you got to kiss egos, this is where racism/classism does play a part, if your not milky white Caucasian or a rugby/grammar school educated snob you will soon find out what favourism means in the workplace. Also, the lack of equal representation in leadership positions esp in London (a cosmopolitan city) further underscores the systemic issues at play, leaving employees of diverse backgrounds feeling marginalized and undervalued. One of the most disheartening aspects of my time at AS and main reason why I left is seeing the dismissal of couple of my colleagues which was not based on numbers as they where doing better then a lot of people but race and gender played a part!! Senior Management within BD and this whole company make touted efforts to promote good mental health and diversity, which are mere window dressing, tokenistic gestures, they fall short of addressing the deep-seated issues that persist within the organization, because at the end of the day she and the company really don't give a toss. Oh after this review they would most likely go around intimating asking current SDRs who wrote this and if everyone can write a positive review, what a joke!! but to conclude prospective employees should approach this organization with caution, mindful of the challenges they may face in navigating a workplace that falls short of its professed values.