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Laid off our entire department without severance - Anonymous employee Common Thread Collective Employee Review

2.0
Jan 3, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits Team building exercises Focus on building strong remote culture

Cons

My entire department was cut without notice after we transferred all our files to a different server. We were unceremoniously given less than a week to return our computers and threatened that it would be considered theft if we did not do so in that time frame. None of us received any form of severance as we were told the company couldn’t afford to do so. It was one of the worst, harshest lay offs of my entire career and something that has scarred me from working with many other performance marketing companies. I was scared to leave this review before but I feel it needs to be said that this was unkind to so many. And I watched too many of my former coworkers suffer for over a year afterwards. I had to take on debt as most of us were not in the role for even a full year, so I was not financially prepared to take this kind of hit.

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1.0
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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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