Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,645 total reviews)
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Mike Sutcliff

78% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,645 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Oct 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Best, brightest, and kindest coworkers I've ever met. Always looking for the best solution even when it isn't their solution which is pretty unique. Strong community. Especially in the New York office. Actual working hours are very reasonable. Almost never spend more than 45 hours in the office which is unique for consulting. Many opportunities to learn from your amazing coworkers. Many of them are leaders in the field, actively involved with communities that are on the cusp of innovative technology practices. Extremely diverse teams relatively. Every team I've been on has had women and racial minorities. I cannot emphasize the people enough. If you get an opportunity to join ThoughtWorks and you plan on staying in the technology industry, you need to join solely for the opportunity to be a part of such an amazing community of technologists.

Cons

I feel like ThoughtWorks gives the impression that they care about your professional development, but really they just care about their bottom line. An unavoidable portion of their clients are staff augmentation positions, not consulting. If you're in it for P3 (in other words, their social and economic justice arm), that is more of a marketing ploy than anything. With the acquisition, slowly every program not devoted to the bottom line is becoming obsolete. They usually don't have the influence to be involved at a higher level and when they do, a lot of politics is involved in getting to be a part of those projects. There is very little opportunity for introverted people. Day 1 they tell you that ThoughtWorks is a networking company, so if you are not willing to spend a night or two (at least) networking with ThoughtWorkers, prepare to be placed on the least desirable projects and have no say in where you go. Due to general company culture and intensive travel requirements, there is very little work life balance.

3.0
Jul 12, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great for new folks fresh out of college looking to see the world and the business.

Cons

Not very good for lateral hires. Difficult to focus on a one specific thing ( like devops in my case ).

3.0
Apr 1, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The work style is still better than other Indian IT services company Flexible work timings and Work from home options No restrictive policies or processes Can run your own pet projects Good place for developers to learn and showcase their talents Good office infrastructure and benefits like free breakfast and lunch, snacks, coffee, juice etc

Cons

Coterie run by office principal in Chennai office and his political outlook for everything from projects to appraisals People champion in Chennai office is a disgrace to the company Bad projects nowadays which does not give developers much to work with other than listening to clients whimsical requests In pursuit of growth, they have gone behind large enterprisey clients. So no cool projects or small projects in Chennai

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