Pros
By working at Aspire, you're able to get a large amount of experience and become well-rounded across the influencer landscape quickly. However, the cons heavily outweigh the pros.
Cons
- Leadership is horrible. The majority do not have influencer experience and, consequently, are very insecure. Because of this, most work has to be done their way or the highway, which leads to a very toxic culture. - On top of that, if you asked them to give you a walkthrough of the platform, most of them wouldn't be able to. How can you lead a team and sell in business, without knowing the product you're selling/working off of? - As other reviews have mentioned, agency life requires you to work in a fast-paced environment and longer hours than a typical 9-5. However, this experience is like what you'd expect, but magnified to a point where the turnover is so high that six months from now, the team will look completely different. Everyone who was there when I started is now gone, except one or two people. - Bonuses used to be shared across the entire team (associates, managers, directors). That leadership was removed and replaced with a new leadership team that restructured the bonuses to only go to leadership, and everyone else below was removed from receiving any portion. - Benefits were removed year-over-year. There used to be mental health days until the CEO nixed them and mentioned that a profitable company will be better for everyone's mental health. - Pay is heavily below the industry average. Unless you're really desperate to get experience, I'd recommend looking elsewhere. - Team retreats have also been nixed. The last one was in 2022.