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 (605) , Applications Developer (364) , Consultant (283) , 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 800 reviews)); "I have met a few great people here that I would want to continue a friendship with outside of work." ((in 621 reviews)); "Pure agile company and work life balance is good." ((in 396 reviews)); "Fun and good work culture." ((in 236 reviews)); "Good benefits &flexibility Diversity is there and lot of activities are there for employees development" ((in 123 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 258 reviews)); "Pay is low and internal ways of promotion are very biased depending on the leadership you are under" ((in 101 reviews)); "recent trend of frequent layoffs" ((in 95 reviews)); "No leadership on the ground." ((in 71 reviews)); "2. Leadership team is disastrous." ((in 18 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.

Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,689 total reviews)

Mike Sutcliff

75% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,689 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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5K reviews

3.0

Nov 16, 2024

Not the old Thoughtworks

Lead consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Remote work Feedbacks can be shared with managers. Opportunity to Learn new technologies.

Cons

Culture changed a lot some teams are really no more flat hierarchy and lots of internal politics. Salary is not competitive and salary hike are minimal.

1.0

Oct 15, 2024

Managers have no respect for Italian laws

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most colleagues are nice to each other, with a few exceptions

Cons

The European headquarter made managers in Spain head the Italian office for about one year. The last 6 months have been constant threatening of a layoff one person after another. They are laying off some the most senior consultants, Nobody knows where they want to bring the company to. Everyone is scared and trying to get another job and leave. The new managers have totally broken the Italian labour regulations and trying to bypass it by stating in the layoff letter that the company isn’t doing well financially. They think this can get them away from immediate layoff without following the process that the government lays down. The EU HQ managers in Germany don’t seem to have a clue or maybe they permit this.

Thoughtworks Response

1y

Thank you for taking the time to provide this feedback. Thoughtworks prides itself on its integrity and operates in compliance with local regulations and laws in its operating locations. Consistent with those principles, and because it appears by your review that you are no longer at Thoughtworks, if you're comfortable I would like to discuss this with you in more detail. Please reach out to me at tim.ogorman@thoughtworks.com. Alternatively if you are not comfortable reaching out directly to me I'd like to ask that you provide more details that you stated in your review to https://www.thoughtworks.com/contact-us.

3.0

Aug 8, 2024

Bait and Switched :/

Experience designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the best folks I've ever worked with

Cons

Company seems to be straying away from the values and culture that originally appealed to me as an employee Currently restructuring the company

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