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      Thoughtworks

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      3.1

      45% would recommend to a friend

      (3,432 total reviews)
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      Mike Sutcliff

      56% approve of CEO

      28% positive business outlook

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      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Culture & values

      2.9

      Career opportunities

      2.8

      Compensation and benefits

      2.4

      Senior management

      Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,432 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 Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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      3K reviews
      4.0
      Jul 16, 2014

      Great people, good projects, salary below the average

      Senior software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There is a good recruitment process in place that guarantee an above-the-average quality of the employee. The focus on the social and economic justice is always welcome. Highly recommended for grads and generally for the people-ware ones

      Cons

      The salary is a bit below the market average, sometimes you have to travel in quite far locations.

      5.0
      Jul 12, 2014

      Fantastic company to work for, with some strange flaws

      Consultant developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fantastic working culture - doing agile the right way. Strong emphasis on professional development. Because TW works in small teams in client sites, you will be freed from much of the hierarchy that it present in a normal business. You will also be able to take on stretch roles that you'd never be able to get into in a normal business. Company is very open about finances and releases summaries to the entire business. Strong focus on working with people - I learned a lot about soft skills here. Fantastic internal training program for graduates ("TWU")

      Cons

      Annual review process systematically disadvantages those unable to game it. Company political stances (socialist/progressive) sometimes go overboard. The travelling can be unsustainable - it's even worse in the US. The loss-making parts of the business can sometimes cause wider belt-tightening. Occasionally I thought about sectioning members of the senior management team under the mental health act.

      3.0
      Jul 6, 2014

      Fun until the travel gets to you

      Consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Your peers will be awesome, some of the best people I've worked with anywhere. Travel is great if you like travel, you can expense almost anything. Time off is okay. The technical culture is very much a free for all, opinions are expected and respected.

      Cons

      Management is mediocre at best. The political culture is more important to your advancement than your performance, there's a lot of favoritism to the old hands. You end up being evaluated by people who never work with you due to the distributed nature of the job. The political culture is very monolithic and activist, expect to be expected to agree with everything that the chairman says about everything.

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