Avoid like the plague unless you’re posh & white. - Associate Consultant Thurn Partners Employee Review

1.0
28 July 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free snacks, free coffee and lunch break (when they’re not telling you what you should and shouldn’t be doing on it)

Cons

Every single part of this business has cracks from the 0% diversity, to the aggressive micromanagement, to the fake culture and beyond. Everyone hates eachother and a bandaid (team social) is always put over it to conceal the wounds. On average around 10 leavers every year due to how awful it is. All positive feedback on here is from internal colleagues that are forced to leave a review by the people team! Avoid.

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Thurn Partners Response
10mo
There seems to be quite a disparity between your characterisation of our culture, practices, and turnover numbers - if these were as high as you suggest, the office would be empty by now. Like any sales-driven business, we’ve had people leave due to performance. Executive search is not for everyone: it’s demanding and requires consistency, but it’s also rewarding. Our current team is proof of that. Thurn Partners is an inclusive place to work. A good example is our Women at Thurn network - we don’t believe in quotas, but we do believe in providing real opportunities, mentorship and support that make a difference. Colleagues are encouraged to share their views honestly, whether positive or negative, through Glassdoor and also via our anonymous engagement surveys. Regarding lunch breaks, we offer an extended lunch break so people can exercise or go to the gym. This extended lunch break is a privilege for performing team members to be used reasonably and the only times we’ve stepped in have been when the flexibility was being taken advantage of. If you’d like to discuss your experience further, please do reach out confidentially to anna.bethell@thurnpartners.com.

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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

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3.0
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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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