Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,685 total reviews)
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Mike Sutcliff

76% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,685 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Thoughtworks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Jan 4, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

If you are lucky your project team mates will be fun. The brand is still good for now at least.

Cons

Used to be that you could make a difference, but now you're just another cog in the machine. Hired in a bunch of more junior people in order to increase margins, but means that there are less people to learn from and the reason for going to TW in the first place - ie to work with the best and the brightest is no longer there. There are favorites and different rules for different people. Senior managers tend to get paid vast salaries and have no accountability, this can be very frustrating when you are traveling weekly for little money.

2.0
Jun 10, 2024

Things have changed

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Some people are amazing to work with -Medical benefits are decent

Cons

- Projects limited to public sector - Leadership is disorganized

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Thoughtworks Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. As I'm sure you know, feedback is what allows our culture to grow and improve. There have been a lot of big changes recently but we're working hard to make this as positive an environment as possible for Thoughtworkers. If you're open to having a more personal conversation to share more about your feedback and your experiences please reach out to me at pattama.t@thoughtworks.com.
2.0
Apr 22, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

I worked at TW for many years. When I started, there were still some vestiges of a vibrant culture. It was a very people-oriented organization. Employees were highly motivated and encouraged to learn and grow. They were a bastion for agile and extreme programming in an industry that really badly needs those things. It used to be a great place to learn and build your resume. There are still many wonderful, talented, dedicated people who work there.

Cons

Over time the organization has become a complete tire fire. I strongly discourage anyone from working there anymore. There has been a clear regression in organizational maturity. Most projects end up being exhausting slogs and bitter failures. TW business model is full of perverse incentives, as long as they can sell work, it doesn't matter if we actually create any value. The clients are typically very large-scale enterprises overwrought with organizational dysfunction. It is common for them to have impossible expectations, abusive leadership and unwillingness to compromise or remove constraints that inhibit delivery. TW has a tendency to hire a bunch of junior devs right out of college and then put them on projects with insufficient training. The company has very high turnover and continues to shed more senior employees, so in many situations it ends with the blind leading the blind. Problem employees are never dealt with, just passed around from project to project. Many in leadership roles are mini tyrants, or they prefer to schmooze with clients instead of overseeing the teams and helping them to succeed. Recently due to the tanking stock price and lack of work, they've been going through multiple rounds of layoffs. The whole process has been lacking in transparency. Even now the company continues to lay people off silently without the leadership acknowledging it to employees. TW underpays everybody and has big gaps in pay equity which they have never addressed.

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