Thrive is so toxic in a way that even long after you leave, you are very aware of how that trauma impacts your future work.
The story of Thrive is in the shocking amount of turnover that happens on a weekly basis. They seem to have dozens of open roles and are always hiring but truly it's a leaky bucket and the total amount of people more or less stays the same. Executives last on average 6-9 months. Here's the reality and not the utopian-like world that the sellers/business people are being encouraged to write in order to silence the bad reviews:
1) Nepotism is real. The CEO has her favorites and absolutely pushes people forward who are not qualified to do their job and/or get promoted. There are a lot of people with ties to the CEOs family, friends or board members that they want to appease.
2)Micromanagement is alive and well. It's a product of hiring and promoting a lot of people not qualified to do their jobs, not training them and giving them reports. Executive culture has zero trust in anyone as it is so they demand constant updates on everyone, regardless or role and who they report to.
3) Anyone can negotiate a title and salary. There are a lot of Directors and Chiefs but not a lot of associates. Pay attention.
4) They sell a product that has very limited functionality. The app is terrible and no one actually uses it internally. It's something we've all made fun of amongst ourselves. There's a lot of hype over something that for lack of a better phrase, sucks.