Thoughtworks reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(3,390 total reviews)
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Mike Sutcliff

56% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,390 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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2.0
Feb 9, 2018

Not for everyone

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Pros

Good mix of experience, from entry-level to super senior. People operations manager in SF is very kind and understanding

Cons

constant weekly travel super political below market value pay arrogant people promises to be transparent but politics reign supreme

1.0
Dec 13, 2015

Smart people, dumb projects

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Pros

A lot of smart people Travel opportunity A lot of office events

Cons

What you're get highly dependent on what project you're staffed on A lot of uninteresting work (legacy applications/rescue project) Project staffing/ travel decision are highly political and not transparent Pairing on everything including trivial stuff Below market salary Management first priority is making money Social justice side are a big PR for mostly beached consultant No over time pay

2.0
Jun 25, 2023

Wouldn't recommend

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Pros

Smart colleagues, getting to work with different technologies, WLB (depending on the project), learning and development used to be good (but eliminated in 2023)

Cons

The prestige and market differentiation are gone. Most projects are now run-of-the-mill staff augmentation. Social justice is a gimmick they use to bring on competent and smart people they'd otherwise never be able to afford. Get this straight: not only will you never do anything related to social justice here, but you'll also be grossly underpaid. Lot of smart senior colleagues but they're also overworked and burned out. If you're a junior, better pray that you're lucky enough to get staffed on a project where seniors have the capacity to mentor you. Pairing is fine in cases but pairing every hour every day is tiring and becomes another reason for burning out by the time you reach senior level. If you want exposure to different tech stacks, go work at a startup where you'll wear many hats. If you want mentorship, find a product-driven company where seniors and managers aren't burned out.

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