Pros
- Best and most genuine colleagues I've ever had - Focus shift to interesting modern topics (e.g. Gen AI) - Outstanding L&D Team - Have been given amazing opportunities to work on many fulfilling projects - The best software development practices I've ever seen - Very strong technical solutioning, in fact that's the best thing we have! We are really good at what we do.
Cons
- Personally, I along with many of my peers, are starting to feel less and less like this is really Thoughtworks. The business decisions being made are hard-hitting albeit necessary for business. - In the above said path for improving the business, we are losing the humanity that is precious to every Thoughtworker - Many long-lived and tenured leaders are choosing to leave, and some are leaving not really by choice - Most recently the layoffs have been extremely rough, especially since I strongly disagree with the selections that were made. Many of them were high-potential junior consultants focused on all the things TW wanted them to upskill on. Some could've even taken on more Senior roles. DISCLAIMER: The reason I still consider this home is because I do believe I, among others, are fully accepted here by those we interact with regularly. TW has done a lot of good while I've been here and way before me too. I'm hoping we come out of this [dramatically] dark age stronger and can begin returning to our core values. Also, no this review is not AI-generated it is genuinely from the heart. I'll be heartbroken if we do not turn ourselves around and soar again.