Trove loves to talk about “scaling” and “expanding,” which is hilarious when you see the reality: women in leadership running petty corporate fiefdoms, guarding their turf like medieval nobles, and reacting to fresh ideas like someone just unplugged their ring light. Want to impress here? Don’t innovate — that’s threatening. Instead, perfect the art of logging 5-minute billable increments for reading client emails (yes, reading), because that’s apparently the pinnacle of value. Training? Onboarding? Ha! You’ll get about as much of that as a plumber gets applause for showing up on time. Which, speaking of — expect to spend a shocking amount of your “strategic” lifestyle career chasing plumbing appointments in a shared folder. This is framed as high-level client service. It’s not. If your dream job is to tiptoe around insecure managers while pretending bureaucratic micromanagement is “leadership,” you’ll fit right in. If not — save yourself the headache and the stopwatch.
