Good place to start - Associate Search Consultant Thurn Partners Employee Review

3.0
4 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Learning the technical detail on the industry

Cons

Employee turnover. Every month we had at least one person leave the firm.

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Thurn Partners Response
2mo
Thank you for your feedback. Search is a high-performance, target-driven environment, and that naturally comes with pressure. It won’t suit everyone, but it’s also what drives results for clients and creates the opportunity for progression and earnings for those who embrace it. We’ve made a number of changes to structures and targets as the business has grown. The aim has been to improve clarity and support development, not to create change for the sake of it. On turnover, like the wider industry, not everyone decides this is the right long-term career. For those who do, and who lean into the expectations, there is a clear path to progress and build a successful career here.

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2.0
26 June 2026
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Pros

Strong Market mapping and intelligence. Had a positive experience here overall, naturally members of certain teams have completely different experiences. Upon joining you’ll quickly realise the most favourable team to be in.

Cons

Average client base and relationships. Still a relatively new business, still trying to find its feet. T2 search firm, still a great place to establish yourself as a grad.

3.0
11 June 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The team is really nice and friendly, including the director and CEO. They give you the path to succeed and doing it could definitely be rewarding, as evidenced by other employees who make it through The interview process and transparency is amazing, they really made it comfortable and made sure my needs were met when it comes to availability and comfort; the CEO and HR were also very kind and allowed for a good conversation over the course of the interview 10/10.

Cons

The Learning and development programme collapsed midway through and left a lot of us to learn on the job which was handled very badly and incoherently. They are hypocrites when it comes to the timelines to succeed. Current employees suggest it took them quite long to succeed, but the company reprimanded me for not succeeding within my first few months They can be a bit rigid when it comes to ways to do things and say they want your feedback, but then criticise you for that specific feedback (largely victim blaming) Lastly, they need to get some structure. Teams are too unevenly distributed, and the distribution impedes more work than it improves. Managers quit left right and centre, and I had 3 different people doing my probation meetings within a couple of weeks; it felt like starting over every time and any progress seemed alienated to the new manager.

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Thurn Partners Response
11mo
Thanks for your feedback. We're glad you had a positive interview experience and found the team welcoming - we work hard to maintain that throughout the business. As a commercial sales environment, we operate with clear performance expectations and a high-performance culture. This pace and structure aren’t for everyone, but they are key to our success and the growth of our people. Our learning and development programme is now a core strength of the business, providing structured, high-quality training across all teams. While we acknowledge challenges in the past, we’re proud of the progress made and the results it’s delivering today. We’re always working to improve and if you’d like to discuss your experience further, please reach out to anna.bethell@thurnpartners.com for a confidential conversation.
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