Woefully uninspiring - Junior ESG Analyst Inspired PLC Employee Review

1.0
20 Jul 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I really can't think of any. The whole ESG department works remotely and only meets in-person every three months or so, so there are no perks associated with e.g. working in the office and regular team socials. They now offer private medical insurance but this was already a standard offering at most equivalent sized companies.

Cons

I have genuinely never worked somewhere as toxic as Inspired. They want to appear as a reputable ESG consultancy firm for their clients but the upper management running the ESG department (which is still relatively new) treat employees with contempt. Any systemic issues like high turnover, lack of transparency and consistency regarding pay, unrealistic and growing workloads, lack of planning/organisation and isolation due to remote working (amongst many others) are not acknowledged and instead tackled through passive-aggressive emails, a 'no tolerance' approach to any breaches in project delivery timescales (even though these will be inevitable in a consultancy environment where most of the work relies on data/input from third-parties and external clients), a three-month notice period being imposed for all roles including entry-level analysts (when this would typically only be appropriate for senior level and management roles), firing and always re-hiring, no reasonable adjustments for those with disabilities, etc. Complete lack of respect and trust for employees, starting from the top and impacting staff morale all the way down to the most junior team members. Anyone reading this who is considering applying for or taking up a job in the ESG department at Inspired - please seriously consider not bothering. I wish I'd gone with my gut feeling when I first saw the negative reviews posted here already. I'm speaking from experience when I say you can find a much more rewarding role elsewhere, where you will be treated with respect. I saw enough people leave Inspired just due to the stress of working there, and the HR staff are always trying to take on lots of new QA and ESG Analysts precisely because lots of them don't stick around for more than 1-2 years.

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25 May 2026
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Pros

Ability to work from Home

Cons

-Micromanagement is at its highest. There isn't any flexibility regarding deadlines, you are expected to deliver before the time indicated in the constant emails. Any delay will be called out via email without asking the analyst why. -Favoritism from management. Mistakes from analysts are not treated the same, some get a pat on the back while others have to attend a full blown investigation. -The bonus included during the offer negotiations is a scam. Either there will be excuses as to why you cannot get it or it will be capped at 60%. Do not rely on it. -There are no prospects for career progression. The salary is maintained very low with very few perks. -Everything is treated like an emergency yet it's not a hospital. No flexibility or changes in timelines without a whole story of explanations included in emails. -Lack of mutual respect and clarity from management, a simple question requiring a yes or no clarification can lead to someone constantly repeating the same explanation 4 times in the hope that you maybe deaf. -Training is not good as its work from home, you are expected to pick up something within a short time and produce excellent results. -Not many opportunities to express oneself as any wrong ideas can have you sent back into training or reading SOPs.

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3.0
8 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

People are nice to work with

Cons

Management couldn’t manage its way out of a paper bag. Everything is soon, soon when you need something but they rarely deliver. It seems the more useless you are the higher your progression

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