Fun culture and caring CEO, but poor management and expectations - Software Developer Thrive Learning Employee Review

2.0
May 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good fun culture. Nice benefits. Sean (CEO) is a genuine nice and caring person.

Cons

Unrealistic expectations are set for the dev team. Marketing and sales are the ones that decide how long something will take to build. Your reward for pulling it all togethor and delivering is more unrealistic deadlines for the next feature. Codebase is terrible, the standard of developers is also extremely bad with a ton of internal politics. Good luck getting a payrise, would rather lose all the internal knowledge and pay a recruiter for an expensive replacement than give you 5k. The website is bloated, the features are mostly junk to appease whichever customer shouted loudest this month and then the feature is abandoned never to be looked at again. Claim to be agile but it's just waterfall with sprints and excessively long "retros" where nothing ever changes

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Thrive Learning Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We're with you on the pros. The cons, we don't agree with all but Thrive is fast paced, has high standards and it's not for everyone. You also know that pay rises are awarded based on performance, not luck and this year in Q1, 69 of our employees received pay increases!

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5.0
May 21, 2024
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Pros

Excellent pay, everyone in the company is passionate about what they do and gets $h!t done, the technology is fantastic and always ahead of the curve, customers are happy because everyone does their absolute best to resolve any issues and provide excellent customer service. Thrive is a FUN place to work, fast paced environment and very agile, it's a VIBE. Management are down to earth and approachable. 4 day working week trial coming up, Fridays are Thrive days: 10-3 and no internal meetings, unlimited holiday and flexible working hours, company day Thrivechella, health cash plan... the list goes on!

Cons

None, just absolutely nothing I can think of.

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5.0
Aug 24, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

THRIVE is a great place to work. What stands out most are the people. It is very much a team mentality and there are all hands on deck. The amount of creativity and freedom is unlike anything I’ve experienced in my career.

Cons

Not many! If I had to think of one it’s the time difference but it really is a flexible work schedule so it’s not truly a con.

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