Supportive staff but toxic leadership and culture - Director of Membership Growth InspireCIO Leadership Network Employee Review

Inspire is a great place to work! Fantastic mission, meaningful work, and fantastic peers to collaborate with. I've grown immensly in my career at Inspire.

Founders are involved in nearly every detail of the business, so decisions are made slowly.

• Most employees are genuinely amazing, kind, supportive, and team-oriented. • Many roles offer great exposure to senior executives like CIOs, CISOs, and CMOs. • If you’re comfortable with lower compensation ranges and a commission structure that can be inconsistent, it can still be a good place to work.

• Based on my experience, the accounting and commission function is one of the most challenging aspects of the organization. It seemed that ongoing inaccuracies in monthly reports were common, and these issues often created confusion and directly affected compensation. • The HR function feels very limited, as the team seems understaffed and lacking the depth of experience needed to support the organization effectively. • Compensation is below industry standards in my experience, and internal growth opportunities are very limited due. • The organization has appeared to shift away from its original culture and values due to growing pains, and it now feels more like a top-down corporate environment with less support for employees.