Common Thread Collective reviews

Extremely toxic hustle culture. You’re expected to work late nights and weekends with no appreciation. No proper onboarding. You’re left alone to figure everything out, then blamed if things go wrong. Managers are more focused on performance numbers than on people. High pressure, low empathy. Feedback often comes in the form of passive aggressive comments or public shaming. Promotions are rare, and recognition is reserved for a few favorites. Junior team members are overworked and underpaid, while leadership celebrates vanity metrics. Not a supportive place if you’re looking to grow your skills with mentorship, it’s sink or swim. Collaboration is minimal. It’s every person for themselves.

CTC is a chaotic, ego-driven mess, churning and burning employees and clients. CEO Taylor Holiday is a wannabe Twitter influencer playing entrepreneur, surrounded by an inner-circle of unqualified buddies. Strategy changes constantly, positive reviews are fabricated, departments are dissolved on a whim, and layoffs are routine. CTC demands unrealistic output from overworked employees, all while preaching a fake culture of “transparency” and “work-life balance.” Transparency means hyped-up financial updates paired with weird parties and alcohol, followed immediately by entire department layoffs. Work-life balance means 60 hour work weeks with a level of micromanagement I haven’t seen before or since. Not convinced yet? Welcome to leadership meetings where no one has a plan and everyone is too afraid to say the truth. Staying close to the in-crowd matters more than results or performance because it might just keep you your job. I’ll never forget CTC’s empty promises about development and achieving dreams, all while exploiting, discarding, and abusing everyone in sight. If you value your career, mental health, or basic respect, stay far away.