Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,686 total reviews)
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Mike Sutcliff

75% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,686 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
Aug 20, 2025

Terrible environment

Recommend
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Pros

Decent medical benefits, remote work primarily

Cons

If you have a family or children at home, this is not the right place for you. There is a complete lack of empathy at this organization. There company lacks direction and it has become a truly awful work environment

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Thoughtworks Response
10mo
Thank you for taking the time to provide a review. We're sorry to hear you have not enjoyed your experience here. If you're comfortable reaching out to discuss your feedback further please reach out to tim.ogorman@thoughtworks.com.
1.0
May 27, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good college, good people, mostly good culture. All are friends. Have opportunity to change working office to other country (extremely rarely come but still have)

Cons

When compared to same sized company, Very low salary, Very low compensation, and low pay raise. No bonus They said to use market rate that they cannot revealing or specify. They cannot share the salary range althought they mention about transparency. Althought they mentioned about we have transparency, but nothing can be shared. They not provide a useful tips/information when they deny your promotion request. People/Hr team cannot help with pay raise bcuz it all from "global"

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Thoughtworks Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We understand that compensation and pay raises are a critical factor. At Thoughtworks, we follow a globally aligned annual review process designed to recognize contributions fairly and consistently. Beyond compensation, we're also deeply committed to fostering professional development and supporting work-life balance. We're continuously working to improve how we communicate our internal processes, including details on our compensation frameworks. If you have any specific concerns, we strongly encourage you to connect with your supervisor or People Partner for direct support and solutions.
3.0
Mar 8, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

1. Thoughtworks culture was good when I joined 5 years back. Later It started deteriorating since the management become more money minded. But still hanging on to bring the culture back. 2. Unlimited sick offs. 3. Bright minded people to work with. 4. Constant tech knowledge improvement. 5. You will have the space to raise, introduce and upgrade the tech stack for the project. 6. No hierarchy. Your work life balance & peace of mind are depend on the project you are assigned to.

Cons

1. No hike. 2. Salary parity is a joke. I never negotiated in salary when joined and accepted very less though my previous company ready to give 100%. Now I realise the mistake. Here, they give the 6+ yrs exp people who work here for years the same salary as the graduate hires. Such a joke. Still If you decide to join, dont hesitate to negotiate and try to get better package. because once you joined, hike will be nothing. 3. Jealousy Seniors. Though there are good and techie people there, there are more who tries to stop your growth when they see you intimidating with your skills. My grade change(promotion) was delayed for an year due to my Lead. And next year when I got the promotion, management stopped the hike. And its been 2.5 yrs I got the grade change and fulfilling all the responsibilities and even taking lead roles in latest projects but No hike for that promotion given. They are saying economy as reason but hiring new people with far good package. I realised the slap very late I feel. 4. Trying to make you a perfect working machine. Its the experience from one of my projects not all. Constant criticism and feedbacks almost on day to day basis and No matter how hard your personal life goes, you should be devoted to work 24*7. They really created worst working env and made me reevaluate my career decision. So no matter how good the rating for the company is, Its always our experience that makes it good or bad. Thoughtworks was the company i wanted to grow up with when I joined but now I feel like its just an another company which tried to make more money and make you work for less.

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