Life at Thorn

Once you know about child sexual abuse, you can't un-know it. In order to stay resilient in the fight to defend children from sexual abuse, protecting mental health is paramount. 

Team Thorn trains for the 2022 NYC Marathon, raising funds and awareness to defend children from sexual abuse online.

It's not uncommon for people with varied backgrounds to find their way to Thorn. While everyone has their own personal story, they're all clearly united by the mission. One of them is Sanjay Krishnamurthy, our Senior Manager of Business Development.

Imagine a world where the internet is a safe place for children to learn, connect, and play. This is what tech innovators envisioned when they created the robust global network that's become ingrained in our daily lives.

Last June, the Thorn team gathered on a video call to reflect. Our CEO had made the space, invited the entire company, and we all showed up. We are a team accustomed to facing difficult topics, but that only meant…

As a remote-first, fully distributed team at Thorn, we connect virtually every day with tools like Zoom and Slack. But at least twice a year we get the whole team together for in-person meetings that provide critical team bonding and…

Tips for building, managing, and maintaining engineering teams in a remote-first environment   As a result of the current health crisis sweeping the world, we are a society that has gone virtual overnight. For many companies, engineering teams that were…

Tips for working from home from Thorn, a remote-first organization Eight years ago, when Thorn was founded, we challenged ourselves to find the best talent to support this mission, regardless of geography. It was this decision that led us to…

I never quite imagined that I’d be escorting Ashton Kutcher around Capitol Hill.  Three weeks into working at Thorn I had our whole team in tow, zig zagging from office to office, sharing Thorn’s mission with interested Senators. Walking home…

Chase Ricketts is our newest software engineer in the Thorn Innovation Lab. From the first time I saw Thorn’s website I knew that their organization was atypical. Their pointed mission and data-driven projects demonstrated their effectiveness as digital defenders of children.…