Inspire Brands reviews

-No work/life balance (emails coming at all times of day/night and no ability to disconnect) -Upper management is horrible. Does not care about employees. Willing to let good people walk out the door. -Upper management thinks that hiring contractors will fix their problems. -Inspire Brands want to hire externally/contractor work so they can place blame and point the finger if things do not go well. -Lack of planning and proper testing with projects. Always trying to move too fast. -No vision or direction from Technology leadership. Constantly trying to move too fast and not doing due diligence. -Leadership delegates down tasks that require too many resource requirements and demand results. When results can not be delivered, they freak out because they have over-promised to Sr. leadership without analyzing current projects/tasks and resource constraints. -Everyone is a "Yes Man" and will tell leadership what they want to hear, instead of telling them the honest truth. Speaking the truth will get you in trouble here. -No internal organization of processes or procedures. Inspire is growing so rapidly that we do not get the chance to finish prior projects before there is something new on the horizon. -Pay is sub-par, especially in the technology fields. -Company is withholding bonuses "due to covid" yet they purchase Dunkin' and Baskin Robbins for 11 BILLION dollars instead of investing in their workforce and spending money where it matters. -Overworked and too many tasks. Not enough time to complete. Refuses to hire FTE's. -Pushing and demanding atmosphere. If you are a blocker in any way, you will be terminated or removed from your position. -Paul Brown is a Trump supporter and has contributed to him campaign. Capitalism viewpoints. Millionaires working to line the pockets of other millionaires. -Roark Capital funds all of Inspire Brands. Entire company is just a means to line the pockets of the board members. -No appreciation for the work of managers or team members. Upper management tries to take credit for everyone else's work. Not sharing the kudos. -Management is largely disconnected from the personal lives of the employees. Rarely do they check in or ask how you are doing. All results driven. -You are just a number. You just serve a function. You are not looked at like an individual. -If you do or say the wrong thing, you are looked at as a "problem employee' and start getting micro-managed until you are terminated. -Leadership does not listen to upper management. Upper management doesn't listen to middle management. Middle management is the only good thing at this company. -The best leaders are the first-level managers at Inspire Brands. Director level and up are all part of a "boys club"

The entire company is a con. Do not work here. It’s a poorly run “startup” with no process. The amount of money spent on CMO’s who don’t last year, consultants from McKinsey, and corporate housing for executives is absurd and offensive. Mind you this is the same company that sent out a congratulatory email about their lobbyists shutting down the minimum wage increase because they hate paying a living wage to their store employees - the ones who actually do all the work. Salaries are below industry standard here and they recently implemented unlimited pto while wiping out everyone’s accrued PTO. The ERG’s are for show and do very little - probably because the head cheese hates diversity (except for use marketing materials). HR was seemingly plucked from the bottom of the barrel - some of the laziest and most incompetent people you’ll encounter. Every department here has 100 reasons to lie, obfuscate, and blame others to cover their own gross mismanagement.