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Common Thread Collective

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Probably my favorite job I've ever had. - Multimedia Designer Common Thread Collective Employee Review

5.0
Dec 9, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

• Work from home that doesn't feel like work from home: We do an excellent job making work at home feel like working with people in the office! It really is the best of both worlds; the independence and space of remote work with GREAT people to work with. It's a great Zoom / Slack culture. • Clear pathways for success: There's nothing worse than feeling like you have no idea what to do to succeed. At CTC, our managers make our metrics for success VERY clear. • Supportive Management Teams: Management is committed to seeing us succeed and develop and make themselves available to us in pursuit of that. • TMYD: Tell Me Your Dreams sounded too good to be true, but it really is incredible. We give every employee a 1-hour counseling session to uncover our dreams and work with them to help us develop them. It's better than I'm making it sound. • VERY generous benefits; 4 weeks paid vacation, end of the year break, GREAT health inusrance options, 401k, life insurance, etc.

Cons

• No physical office option at the moment; but honestly to point 1, we do a great job making it feel like a fun place to work. • Company is evolving; so there are some processes and systems that are still being worked out, but they're in active development. • Nothing really more to talk about here, CTC is awesome!

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5.0
Jan 7, 2026
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Pros

Lots of learnings, working with great people and clients

Cons

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1.0
Jul 19, 2025
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Pros

You will learn quick what to avoid in future companies and employees. Every role after will be a breath of fresh air.

Cons

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.

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