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 (601) , Applications Developer (363) , Consultant (278) , Lead Consultant (259) , Software Developer (192) , Software Engineer (158) , Business Analyst (145) , Senior Software Engineer (135) , 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 771 reviews)); "I have met a few great people here that I would want to continue a friendship with outside of work." ((in 622 reviews)); "Pure agile company and work life balance is good." ((in 380 reviews)); "Fun and good work culture." ((in 247 reviews)); "Great colleagues to learn from" ((in 167 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 245 reviews)); "Pay is low and internal ways of promotion are very biased depending on the leadership you are under" ((in 105 reviews)); "recent trend of frequent layoffs" ((in 99 reviews)); "No leadership on the ground." ((in 70 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.

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Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,649 total reviews)

Mike Sutcliff

78% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,649 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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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

3.0

May 9, 2019

Leadership needs to grow up beyond cheap politics

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great learning environment both tech and culture. Client facing experience is good if that is your are looking for. Most of your colleagues would be nice and helpful. Work life balance is one of the best.

Cons

Few people trying to control the whole office and making it into dictator rule. Bootlicking is highly appreciated. Favouritism is becoming a prominent feature in the office. If you are not good at it, they will make sure either you become good in it or you leave the company. During your initial 6 months they will make you feel you are a complete idiot and whatever you know is completely worthless. Then they will try to make you a service based puppet who knows only one thing, that is follow orders.

Thoughtworks Response

Thank you for sharing your feedback. We're glad to know that you found the work interesting and were able to learn and grow technically. It, however, sounds like you had a really frustrating experience, and I’m sorry you didn’t leave with a better impression of ThoughtWorks. We pride ourselves of an open and transparent culture and hence your feedback is important to us. Rest assured we have passed on your feedback to our leadership team. - Darshana

3.0

Nov 6, 2017

All employees are equal, but some are more equal than other

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People, culture, multiple offices all over the world, benefits

Cons

Heavy on travel - you might need to travel 100% of your time and there's nothing you can do about it, this company runs on travel Pays less than what you could earn, especially if you've been there for a few years. Tells you that there is no limit for what you can do and how you can grow, but actually have some obscure ways of gathering performance feedbacks from managers that have no idea about what you do.

2.0

Feb 15, 2017

Changing very fast

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Has some really amazing people to learn from.

Cons

Projects are no longer interesting, management is disconnected with people on the floor, job satisfaction is not great anymore. Culture has taken a blow, old timers have left and are leaving quickly.

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