Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,685 total reviews)
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Mike Sutcliff

75% approve of CEO

55% 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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5K reviews
3.0
Oct 18, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

-Understanding Agile in all its purity! -Smart colleagues -Good Salaries -Good benefits

Cons

- Too much travel - Extreme arrogance of people who have been there for a few years makes you sick - Senior management seems to deal in favouritism a lot more then other organisations of this size. - Flat structure is a myth, there is a hierarchy only more hidden then in other orgs. Typically the RM.

1.0
Mar 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Thoughtworks is pretty cool if you're just starting your career.

Cons

After the IPO it was just downhill and now it's nothing more than an expensive body shop.

2.0
Oct 18, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Projects with small durations compared to other service companies, So you get an opportunity to work in multiple techstacks in a short duration. Pair programming - if the project is good.

Cons

No job security They always send emails saying the companies revenues are less than expected and there could be/was a lay off, which makes you sick There are good managers and worst managers, so your work life balance and peace of mind will depend on the project and people you work with. TW ingrown people are too geeky, no real connections, you can only have colleagues from thoughtworks, and no friends. In every other organisations I have worked on, I eventually had at least 2-3 colleagues whom I can count on and who become friends, but in thoughtworks it is very different, people in a team almost never discuss anything personal, nobody even knows your phone number or contact you over phone. All communications are only through gchat. Teams struggle to keep up the team spirit as team members are from different locations, and only have formal communications with each other, so there is no real connection with people in the team. There are few toxic managers, who goes behind only money, and they force you to work, even if your skillset and what you have signed up for is not at all in alignment with the actual work.

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