Skip to contentSkip to footer
      employer cover photo
      employer logo
      employer logo

      Thoughtworks

      Engaged Employer

      Thoughtworks reviews

      4.0

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (4,685 total reviews)
      avatar

      Mike Sutcliff

      76% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,685 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).

      Reviews by job title

      5K reviews
      3.0
      Dec 23, 2020

      Good Culture But More Required

      Consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Unlike other IT consultancies out there, consultants in TW really pay attention to software quality, devops automation and good coding practices. This is a good place to learn these skills. 2. There are many project sharing sessions, books clubs event etc. 3. No jerks policy - Many TW-ers you will meet are very friendly and jerks usually do not last long in TW. The management takes care of employees even during Covid-19 by sending snacks and hand-written cards.

      Cons

      1. Echoing what the previous reviews mentioned, there are limited trainings available in TW SEA. To add more details, most of the trainings in SEA are tapping onto programmes conducted by other TW offices or conducted by consultants who happen to be free. In SEA, there are also only 2-3 training licenses (e.g. PluralSight) being shared and rotated among hundreds of consultants and you can only keep one license for 3 months which is hardly enough. The personal training budget is also insufficient. 2. There are usually gaps between what was promised pre-hire and after hire. Have spoken to many new folks who are interested and expecting to do frontend or analytics from their interviews conversations but were all staffed to be full stack engineers. This might be because interviews, staffing and actual projects are handled by different people who are not aligned. 3. Attrition is high. Experienced consultants usually leave after a year or two, usually for higher compensation or job scopes better aligned with their own career interests. At the same time, there are many fresh graduates being hired. While I agree we can train fresh grads to be good developers, it will take time. We need to retain more experienced and talented individuals in TW first. This trend of TW SEA becoming bottom-heavy in terms of experience is getting worrisome for slips in capabilities and quality.

      1.0
      Dec 10, 2020

      Not the finest hour

      Consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If you are looking for career growth by gaining more titles, avoiding hard problems, getting more recognition by stepping on hard working peers and possibly working along side a handful of super smart individuals; this may well be a culture fit.

      Cons

      As a engineer at heart, part of the ones who charge first to roll up their sleeves and wade through mud and fire to solve real world problems; if you are thinking that TW is a platform for you to excel, be part of a great team and help solve world problems, you are wrong, this is not the place for you. The once great pioneer, pinnacle of technology freedom, and excellence has fallen from grace, cemented by the fact that the founder and quite some great engineers left not so long ago to fight for a greater causes. What's left spreads with multi level class system, seniority, pride, little to no respect for general peers and a focus on being a money making machine. There are still a handful of tough great people at TW who try drive hard to help peers, but unfortunately mixed in with a growing number of toxic individuals introduced into the system who are able to hide under the radar and stay. They are the ones who have imposter syndrome, not able or dare to ask honest straight questions and cause more misinformation by rumours. Doing good for greater cause, the society and making the world better place, now happens at many other smaller companies.

      avatar
      Thoughtworks Response
      5y
      Thank you for your review. While it’s not great to see folks who have left with a more negative view of ThoughtWorks, it’s good for us to hear about your experience and recommendations for the future. It’s a fine balance of satisfying everyone. I can appreciate your desire to focus on core engineering skills as part of your career growth. There are others who look to take on more leadership responsibilities as a part of their career growth. Our aim is to look to provide the balance of both. In recent years we have significantly shifted our investment in building capabilities. We’ve not always got it right, but each year we reflect on what went well and did not go well, then we look at continually improving. We have a new structure focused on more interesting technologies, capabilities and building specialist skills. We have a big investment into these growth areas in the coming years. I hope this will help to improve the experience of your peers and new joiners who are looking for the learning opportunities - Renee Hawkins, Head of Professional Services, UK
      1.0
      May 28, 2020

      Worst Company to work in

      Quality analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As such no Pros just that only very few people are good.

      Cons

      1. Management do a lot of favouritism 2. If they hire you saying that they are hiring for automation taking all your rounds in automation and then they put you into manual testing project. 3. There is no proper KT and lot of EGO 4. Everyone's want to do showoff no work just shouting around and showing off. 5. Everyone wants to manage and play a blame game. 6. Lot of Blame game is played here. 7. They don't have many projects so no use of going to another project. 8. I have worked in more than 2 organization this was my worst experience of all IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER OFFER PLEASE MOVE AHEAD WITH THAT DON'T EVER JOIN THOUGHTWORKS.

      avatar
      Thoughtworks Response
      6y
      Thank you for your honest feedback. This sounds like a really frustrating experience. I am working with the India leadership team to gather reviews such as yours and address the pain points and challenges our employees face. I'm sorry you didn't have a more positive experience working here, but we appreciate the honest feedback. Feedback is what allows our culture to grow and improve. And we are committed to frank and open conversations (which at times can be difficult to hear) that are important in helping us to create an environment where all ThoughtWorkers can thrive. If you are happy to do so, I'd like to personally connect. Please feel free to reach out to me on anug@thoughtworks.com. Wishing you the best, Anu
      Viewing 181 - 183 of 4,685 Reviews
      Related searches: Thoughtworks jobs | Thoughtworks salaries | Thoughtworks benefits | Thoughtworks interviews | Thoughtworks conversations
      ReviewsThoughtworks reviews

      Glassdoor has 5,994 Thoughtworks reviews submitted anonymously by Thoughtworks employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Thoughtworks is right for you.