Avantages
Pay, perks, benefits. Work here if you want to have money but be unhappy.
Inconvénients
Insight is one of the most poorly managed firms I’ve ever encountered. Leadership is disorganized and lacks competence. They over-hired aggressively in 2022 and have since conducted repeated layoffs across both the investment team and operations. Senior employees are often let go for political reasons rather than performance, and internal conflict runs deep. The culture here is toxic. I’ve seen people’s personalities change for the worse—becoming selfish, cutthroat, and secretive just to survive. On the operations side in particular, there are too many employees competing for too little meaningful work, which breeds unhealthy rivalries. The firm’s strategy is equally unstable. Investments in projects are made without clear direction, and priorities constantly shift, leading to endless reorganizations and wasted time. Insight treats its people like cogs in a machine: retention is driven by pay and perks, not genuine respect or development. If this is how they treat employees, I can only imagine how poorly portfolio companies are managed. My advice: stay far away.