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 4.1 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 791 reviews)); "I have met a few great people here that I would want to continue a friendship with outside of work." ((in 633 reviews)); "Fun and good work culture." ((in 230 reviews)); "Great colleagues to learn from" ((in 170 reviews)); "Good benefits &flexibility Diversity is there and lot of activities are there for employees development" ((in 124 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 260 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 97 reviews)); "No leadership on the ground." ((in 69 reviews)); "2. Leadership team is disastrous." ((in 19 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

4.1

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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5K reviews

5.0

Mar 21, 2015

An excellent place to get quality experience fast - real fast

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

a lot of interesting projects plenty of smart people to learn from opportunity to get international experience Agile powerhouse tons of fun

Cons

travel can get pretty intense generally comp is OK can get pretty political at times career paths for aspiring to become senior folks are unclear

2.0

Feb 28, 2025

Spiraling down for previous 2 years

Principal

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most people in professional services roles "on the ground" delivering to clients are great. Most client facing leaders care about the people and delivering to the client. So when working on a client project things are mostly pretty good. Learning is encouraged

Cons

New senior leadership is taking what used to be a great company and grinding it down. Legacy leaders that took the company down over the past few years are not held accountable for the sad state it has come to, and continue the path of mismanagement. It is almost like they dont know how to run a services organization. Leaders promoted from within are in way over their heads. Decisions are always by committees and usual are just not made. Common sense does not prevail. No raises, minimal promotions. Many years ago communications were open and honest, now they are mostly corporate speak and mostly untruths. It seems like the goal currently is to drive to metrics in order to sell the company and not about making this company great again.

2.0

Nov 9, 2023

Disappointing

Consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are generally nice to work with

Cons

- No leadership on the ground. - Although the company preaches technological excellence, it only really cares about revenue. - Picks up any project with no strategy in mind for the medium to long term. - Despite leadership saying that they will listen, months can go by without any evident progress. - Salary increments are low.

Thoughtworks Response

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. I'm sure you know, feedback is what allows our culture to grow and improve. And all Thoughtworkers are empowered to speak up especially if they don't agree with something so thank you for using your voice. If you're open to having a more personal conversation to share more about your feedback and your experiences please reach out to me at tim.ogorman@thoughtworks.com.

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