Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(4,668 total reviews)
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Mike Sutcliff

76% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,668 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5K reviews
2.0
May 11, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Office culture, technically sound team mates

Cons

I have never seen such an attrition before. Indian offices of thoughtworks are getting a big hit bec' of few serious issues. If you are an experienced professional, then you should make the resource manager, Project manager, business analyst, team lead, they guy who sits in the next table who has big voice etc., feel that you are talented. Your complete growth, onsite opportunities, good projects - depends on what they feel about you. Earlier the organization wasn't this judgmental. How can a resource manager who doesn't know neither technology nor you, can decide what you will be doing ? But they will take all the key decisions just by the magical discussions that they have with other so called key people who doesn't know what you are working on. The local politics is spoiling a good company. So many talented people doesn't get a good project that they deserve. So many just-talk-and-get what you want people keep getting the opportunities setting bad example for others to follow.

1.0
Dec 13, 2015

Smart people, dumb projects

Recommend
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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

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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