Thoughtworks reviews

Where do I begin? The company has a focus on hiring very young and "growing their own", and there is a lack of trust for experienced personnel who did not gain all their experience in-house. The dedication to a "flat" management structure borders on parody and frequently results in emotional decisions that make the culture seem a lot like high school, with popularity playing a large role in assignments rather than client service. (I was literally told that socializing more within the company would help my prospects for getting plum assignments -- at this point I had depth of experience that many of the 'in house' talent did not). While I shared many of the political viewpoints which were touted as company goals, I did not feel comfortable with the openly dismissive treatment towards those who did not, and in some instances the lack of life experience of the majority of the staff was on display. The maturity level of the organization seems lacking, and, oddly for an organization that prides itself on using intelligence testing and other such hard metrics in their hiring process, politics reigned supreme, even thicker than I have seen at partnership based firms where everyone is kissing up to try to become partners. Lastly, their stated goal of increasing "diversity" in the field seems to supersede the idea of, for example, creating a welcoming space for persons who may not share their political viewpoint or who may have a different experience. This leads to a very un-agile workplace, ironically, where towing the company line is more important than fomenting discussion, even when facts and data disprove the majority opinion. Oh, and yeah, for the privilege of feeling part of the collective, you can be underpaid - I earned 25% more working elsewhere, but was told the terrific lifestyle and benefits would more than make up for that.

- Very immature & spineless leadership - They have no strategy on business but rely on cowboy style of management. I haven't seen any so called leaders make a decision and back it up with some strategy/guts. I dont mean that their decision has to be right but they don't even have the guts to make a wrong decision. Business as Usual is their strategy and they like to look the other way when faced with any situation. They don't understand iota of business or people....all speeches are same with some words juggled here and there. "I HOPE" is the most common phrase used and which shows that all they hope is that everything would be fine. - People are promoted to higher positions without considering any past experience or anything but they would just go ahead and promote people without any accountability. I have never seen anyone been pulled up for performance issues in these leadership positions. - In last few years best brains have left the organisation and the management can't stop raving about themselves about how good the place it is. They simply have no brain power to understand why people are leaving and what needs to be done to stop this. - The company is fast becoming like any other regular services company with screwed up recruiting - people being made to run key initiatives where they don't have no past experience at all. In the name of social justice they are hiring more and more people with leftist/communist views and no brain at all. - People who know people are allowed to migrate to US/UK/Australia while others are told that there are no opportunities. We have a saying that TW India also gives you a honeymoon package i.e. connected people get long term abroad assignments just after they get married. - Founder is like any other ignorant AMERICAN who wants to change the rest of the world but not America. He also believes that rural Indian needs free internet more than food, clothes and a house.