AllianceBernstein Reviews

Pros

Enviable facilities/office environment including excellent lunch facilities/showers/breakout area

Cons

Senior Management unaccountable and run firm like local fiefdom (In AUS)
Progressive Outsourcing of many functions
Staff morale very low
Bonus structure abritary and appears nepotistic.

Advice to Senior Management

Some freshening up of personnel in senior management is required to break cycle of intertia, especially HR, Marketing and local CEO positions. Current bonus structure requires review and modification to give employees greater clarity on their comp packages.

Pros

Some very sharp senior people
Excellent work life balance for the most part
opportunity to travel
Most staff pleasant and down to earth
Nice small perks like pantry, blackberries, per diems
You can coast (well that can be a con)

Cons

Middle managers (non MDs- even some MDs) not as smart as they seem
A sea full of VPs and curious hierarchy for the lower level employees AVP and below
Bad morale after huge talent exodus in 2009 and 2010
Bad pay and bonus-actually makes you two notches behind the market or worse- isn't that awful enough?

Advice to Senior Management

Reach out to identify talent and get rid of insensitive, egotistical and self-serving middle management. Far flung offices especially prone. Turnover of staff and asset attrition cannot stop- so what is going on? Build morale before worrying about assets and performance.

Pros

Free water, orange juice, V-8, Paid OT, good camaraderie, great happy hour events,

Cons

Started seeing lots of outsourcing when I was working there. Middle management micro managed me.

Pros

Company had generous benefits like tuition reimbursement and 401k matches and profit sharing.

Cons

Seemed like Bernstein employees were favored over legacy Alliance Capital employees.

Pros

Very laid back
Good people arounf

Cons

Too much instability
Many layoffs in recent years

Advice to Senior Management

Evaluate decisions carefully before making them

Pros

Work life balance is enviable.

Cons

I have found that compensation comes below average.

Pros

Small company so a lot of exposure to upper management. A lot work and technology is used extensively to get work done.

Cons

Too much unskilled middle management.
Not enough team work. Need to fill out a form to ask questions.
Promotion process should be more transparent and simpler.

Advice to Senior Management

Take lesson from Bernstein. Feed employees. More teamwork.
Stop outsourcing.
Have 360 reviews not only for managers but for co-workers too.

Pros

Small company so a lot of exposure to upper management. A lot work and technology is used extensively to get work done.

Cons

compensation not at the same level as other companies for similar jobs. Promotion process should be more transparent and simpler.

Advice to Senior Management

Please make the compensation structure more in line with the industry. Please have 360 reviews not only for managers but for co-workers too.

Pros

Good work environment.
Flexible benefits.
Good work/life balance.

Cons

Poor communication from senior management.
Poor compensation.

Pros

Good benefits
"On 12" cafeteria
internal mobility

Cons

High personnel turnover
IT is treated unfairly
Absence of meaningful communications down from the upper management

Advice to Senior Management

Stop neglecting IT personnel and infrastructure