Is Thoughtworks a good company to work for?

Thoughtworks has an overall rating of 3.1 out of 5, based on over 6,017 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 50% of employees would recommend working at Thoughtworks to a friend and 25% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Thoughtworks have been left by employees working as Software Developer , Applications Developer and Principal Consultant .

Does Thoughtworks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Thoughtworks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Thoughtworks. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Thoughtworks?

50% of Thoughtworks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Thoughtworks 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Thoughtworks?

Senior Consultant (609) , Applications Developer (364) , Consultant (284) , Lead Consultant (261) , Software Developer (194) , Software Engineer (159) , Business Analyst (146) , Senior Software Engineer (142) , Consultant Developer (133) , Quality Analyst (87) , Principal Consultant (83) , Project Manager (79) , Application Developer (69) , Senior Business Analyst (61) , Senior Software Developer (56)

What are the pros of working at Thoughtworks according to real employee reviews?

"The culture here is so great that you'll simply get attached to it because of that." ((in 807 reviews)); "I have met a few great people here that I would want to continue a friendship with outside of work." ((in 634 reviews)); "Pure agile company and work life balance is good." ((in 385 reviews)); "Fun and good work culture." ((in 239 reviews)); "Great colleagues to learn from" ((in 169 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Thoughtworks according to real employee reviews?

"Low salaries for Brazilian employees and not so much interesting projects... Hard to change to work on green field projects." ((in 260 reviews)); "Pay is low and internal ways of promotion are very biased depending on the leadership you are under" ((in 110 reviews)); "recent trend of frequent layoffs" ((in 102 reviews)); "No leadership on the ground." ((in 68 reviews)); "Hike and compensation is less" ((in 40 reviews))

What are employees saying about Thoughtworks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Thoughtworks layoffs and their outlook for job security at Thoughtworks in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Thoughtworks locations?

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Thoughtworks reviews

3.1

50% would recommend to a friend

(3,434 total reviews)

Mike Sutcliff

56% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.3

Culture & values

2.9

Career opportunities

2.7

Compensation and benefits

2.5

Senior management

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,434 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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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

5.0

Oct 30, 2020

Full stack developer

Senior applications developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people are amazing! I have worked with the best people ever. Every single team I have worked with has been very collaborative, no nonsense, hard working, dedicated and just overall very good people. There are a lot of events you can help organise if that's something you like. Also lots of mentoring opportunities.

Cons

Its a good place to work if you enjoy coding and technology.

Thoughtworks Response

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. It's great to hear you enjoy working with ThoughtWorkers. Thanks for being with us!

4.0

Oct 8, 2020

Good company to lunch your career

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Hires bootcamp grads and career changers, great coworkers from around the world, potential to be exposed to many different projects, technologies, clients.

Cons

Suboptimal pay especially for the bay area, can be hard to change job assignments.

Thoughtworks Response

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We're happy to read your note about career changers and bootcamp grads --we've seen many ThoughtWorkers from nontraditional backgrounds grow their careers here. Regarding your feedback about pay, salaries can vary wildly depending on role, experience, and market; we review salaries annually to keep pace with market rates. Thank you again for your review and for being with us!

5.0

Jul 27, 2019

Great place to start and advance career

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are many amazing people to learn from and a wide variety of projects with different technology stacks in different industries. I learned many best practices of software development from my time at ThoughtWorks.

Cons

You can’t always be staffed on an ideal project. Traveling can be a downside depending on the person.

Thoughtworks Response

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We're glad you found your time here to be rewarding! We hear you about staffing and travel. We're always trying to strike the right balance between our clients' needs with ThoughtWorkers' career goals and interests. With travel, it can be challenging at times, but we know it provides strong support for our clients to have our teammates onsite with them. We hope that the improvements we've made to our travel program have helped. Thanks again!

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San Francisco, CA

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