Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,646 total reviews)
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78% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,646 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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2.0
Aug 28, 2016
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Pros

I have been working as a full-time developer for nearly 4 years now. Any company will change during that long a time and ThoughtWorks India has changed as well. First of, its a great place for a fresher or less experienced (less than 4 years) folks hands-down. Lots to learn and lots to gain towards a greater career. We have changed organizationally in terms of global structure as well as the India organizational structure and this shift in leadership almost every year does bring with it the question of - who's vision are we driving towards? If its a collective vision, then, in my opinion, its not a long-term vision. In terms of development work, the projects that I see around are fairly good in terms of tech-stack as well as in terms of different domains. But most of them are majority maintenance-like and very few new projects are coming on board, which means not a lot of new technical and business challenges. This directly affects the growth of every technical and non-technical employee. Stagnation is not far away, ever.

Cons

From my point of view, lots of good people have left already or are planning to leave in the near future. I am not surprised by it - the lack of challenging work and work environment is a limiting factor and everyone wants to grow - not just financially but also in their role through being faced with new challenges. Leadership is almost silent, if not absent. There are interactions but only far and few and changing leadership styles/structures adds to this confusion even more. At the end of the day, the company is becoming similar to any other Indian IT consultancy firm (TCS, Infosys, Wipro...) and the differentiating factor is slowly becoming a blur because such differentiation is reflected in an organization's culture and not just in the hourly billing rate that they charge.

2.0
Nov 5, 2015

Excellent to less than ordinary in about four years

Anonymous employee
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Pros

* Good Food, decent office space, open desks * Macbook * Cool place - Open to let you learn. A very safe, nurturing environment to settle down.

Cons

* Excellent people are fleeing away from this place for the past couple of years. So, ThoughtWorkers are getting sparse in offices. * With limited good folks remaining (who challenge and voice relevant opinions), ability to deliver is taking a hit and happens only by chance. Willingness to run "difficult" projects, taking on full accountablity is very low. This has started affecting creation of value (impact to clients) and morale within teams. * The need for stable money: translates to very little technically challenging work. Lots of news around why those projects are strategic and 'cool' will be dished out. * Lots of "cool" things are mostly hyper-propagated; material aimed at recruitment. * There is a strong focus on getting the right pyramid in a project; so peer learning is considerably reduced within a project. If you are a senior, you may find yourself more alone than amongst peers from who you can learn and share. * Brand value is dimnishing fast, work culture faster. Heads / leaders are neither capable nor connected with teams. They live their own life attending meetings and listening to what other regions do. * Overall, it has become an organisation that will "transform" itself every two years and go backwards - of course, in ThoughtWorks you can reverse yourself and claim to be moving forward :)

1.0
Jun 3, 2014

Unprofessional. Definitely on a downward slope

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible timing,free food,office is ok

Cons

Lot of politics,low pay salary and benefits are not up to market standards. Too many complacent incompetent people in the admin and HR team

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