Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,678 total reviews)
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Mike Sutcliff

76% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,678 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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1.0
May 18, 2024
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Pros

The people that are still here are great but those are dwindling fast

Cons

Abysmal compensation. Used the pandemic as an excuse to pay freeze to shore up their numbers for the IPO. While everyone in the tech industry were experiencing record raises and salaries TW was pinching pennies. Now that the tech industry is in a recession and they really can't give raises, the employees are suffering the most. There is a serious brain drain and more will continue to leave as there has been a pay freeze the past two years. Since the pandemic we've had three pay freezes. Company stock has dropped about 80% since IPO.

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Thoughtworks Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We understand your concern about compensation. We remain committed to continuous improvement, ensuring our decisions benefit our employees around the world. Thank you for your patience as we work to find the right balance for everyone. This is only the beginning of a review process that will continue periodically and will always be communicated promptly. You're invited to share your feedback (anonymously) in the Q&A sheet for our weekly NA Townhall or reach out directly to me at tim.ogorman@thoughtworks.com to discuss your concerns in more detail.
2.0
Jan 27, 2024

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Recommend
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Pros

Still with some good software engineering best practices.

Cons

You are hired as a middle developer consultant, sold to clients as a senior developer consultant, and work as a technical lead (still with middle developer salary, in the lowest pay range). Career & salary growth is almost impossible.. they also stop you from taking vacations so that they can get more money. They also claim to be inclusive and diverse, but they are paying lower salaries for these people.

3.0
Oct 2, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Thoughtworks is still a good place to start as a graduate, even if the TW university experience was also replaced by a painful remote course. Also, you might get a lot of visibility if you like to give talks and promote passionately any tech topic, as the company is hungry to have any new ways to differentiate from the competitors.

Cons

After going public, Thoughtworks it's just another consultancy company, really far away from the premium partner once it was. The limits of not working with customers related to gambling or countries that doesn't respect human rights are fading really fast, and day by day, the employees are becoming more like numbers to rent no matter what, so the company earnings increases as much as possible. Maybe a more relaxed company than other consultancies, but also paying way below the market. The founder's idea of the company it's now just a facade while most of the talent is moving on because of the low salaries, weird behaviours agains what we are supposed to represent, layoffs and organisational changes.

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