Does Thoughtworks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Thoughtworks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 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?

79% of Thoughtworks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Thoughtworks 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Thoughtworks?

Senior Consultant (605) , Applications Developer (364) , Consultant (283) , Lead Consultant (260) , Software Developer (193) , Software Engineer (159) , Business Analyst (146) , Senior Software Engineer (141) , Consultant Developer (132) , Quality Analyst (87) , Principal Consultant (83) , Project Manager (79) , Application Developer (68) , 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 795 reviews)); "I have met a few great people here that I would want to continue a friendship with outside of work." ((in 620 reviews)); "Pure agile company and work life balance is good." ((in 390 reviews)); "Fun and good work culture." ((in 237 reviews)); "Great colleagues to learn from" ((in 172 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 251 reviews)); "Pay is low and internal ways of promotion are very biased depending on the leadership you are under" ((in 106 reviews)); "recent trend of frequent layoffs" ((in 90 reviews)); "No leadership on the ground." ((in 71 reviews)); "2. Leadership team is disastrous." ((in 15 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.

Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,685 total reviews)

Mike Sutcliff

75% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,685 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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5.0

Aug 5, 2012

Amazing people, career variety and self determined growth path

Project manager

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Pros

Amazing people, career variety and self determined growth path... have been here 7 years and in that time have been able to perform a variety of roles. ThoughtWorks have taken amazing risks on me and as a result, I feel very much valued and supported and that I am able to make my career what I want it to be

Cons

need to be comfortable with ambiguity, need to be confident enough to speak up when faced with incredibly intelligent people. Can be a bit confusing for some folk when you join due to the lack of absolute hierarchy

5.0

Aug 5, 2012

4 years here and I still feel like I'm learning most of the days

Senior consultant

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CEO approval

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Pros

You are given a lot of responsibility and are empowered to take action on what you think it's appropriate, besides the mission of advocating for social and economic justice

Cons

Salaries are not top end of the market, and it's sometimes hard to identify your career path

4.0

Aug 4, 2012

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Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Great place to work. Lots of opportunities to grow and learn. There is a lot of flexibility provided if one feels they can perform a different role. Travelling to client side which gives an opportunity to interact with the client, learn about their business, build relationships and improve consulting skills. Lots of smart people to work within the company.

Cons

There is an expectation for 80% travel, so not idle for engineers who dont want to travel. Growing rapidly so might be compromising on the technical expertise of the new hires.

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