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 (604) , Applications Developer (364) , Consultant (282) , Lead Consultant (260) , Software Developer (193) , Software Engineer (159) , Business Analyst (146) , Senior Software Engineer (141) , 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 796 reviews)); "I have met a few great people here that I would want to continue a friendship with outside of work." ((in 620 reviews)); "Fun and good work culture." ((in 232 reviews)); "Good benefits &flexibility Diversity is there and lot of activities are there for employees development" ((in 131 reviews)); "It's a place where you receive constructive feedbacks and the best place for you to develop new skills;" ((in 112 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 250 reviews)); "Pay is low and internal ways of promotion are very biased depending on the leadership you are under" ((in 99 reviews)); "recent trend of frequent layoffs" ((in 88 reviews)); "No leadership on the ground." ((in 69 reviews)); "2. Leadership team is disastrous." ((in 17 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

(4,681 total reviews)

Mike Sutcliff

76% approve of CEO

56% 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 4,681 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

2.0

Apr 12, 2010

Meh. Glory days are over.

Lead consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A great place to travel (alot). Drink and meet lots of folks from around the world. Attempt to agile inside of giant corporations which is like trying to box a glacier.

Cons

The talent is all gone. If you're looking to be mentored and grow an existing skillset, you might find yourself doing the teaching.

2.0

Aug 11, 2009

Brilliant Colleagues, Disheveled Leadership

Consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart fun colleagues. The opportunity to collaborate with others and pioneer new technology. The opportunity to work for both startups and fortune 500 clients all over the world. The best off-shoring model.

Cons

No work-life-balance and total lack of downtime. Changes at the leadership level happen with the speed of light, lack of strategic planning.

3.0

Jul 22, 2025

Slowly going backwards

Principal consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- some stellar, lovely, smart people are still around - culture still there in pockets - learning opportunities for juniors - mostly people that care about how they work (even where clients don't free them) - the engineering and delivery ideals are wonderful

Cons

- client choice seems misaligned with long term technical & talent strategy - underpays compared to market citing other benefits that don't really exist now - lack of internal support structure for consultant growth via staffing - years of short-term thinking and incentives in survival mode have corroded many things - lots of persistent fear has created cynical or conservative mindsets among prof svcs - performance process is now quite a mess

Thoughtworks Response

11mo

Thank you for taking the time to provide such thoughtful feedback. We're glad to hear you appreciated the community, culture and learning opportunities. We acknowledge your concerns on strategy, compensation, support structure and performance process. We are actively working to address these areas. Your feedback helps us keep improving.

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