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      Thoughtworks

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      3.1

      45% would recommend to a friend

      (3,433 total reviews)
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      Mike Sutcliff

      56% approve of CEO

      28% positive business outlook

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      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Culture & values

      2.9

      Career opportunities

      2.8

      Compensation and benefits

      2.4

      Senior management

      Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,433 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 Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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      3K reviews
      1.0
      Apr 14, 2014

      Lots of talk but action is reserved for political gamesmanship

      Applications developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      They hire, or try to hire good people. In reality, there are actually a few good people there. The intention is to revolutionise software engineering and also give back to humanity while doing so. A bunch of people actually do something about this.

      Cons

      There are a few people who control what happens from behind the scenes. Management can do nothing since these have the backing of key global leaders. Result is that these people pretty much have their way on any issue they choose to blunder into. They have something called a Pan African agenda which is basically a whole lot of poppycock that they hold global meetings about while not really changing anything on the ground for the real people. There's a clique which drives this and tries to exclude everyone else. If you are white, then better to stay away from here as you'll just get sidelined for some trumped up reason. The pay is way below market standards if you have any sort of competence.

      3.0
      Apr 13, 2014

      Good work culture

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work culture People take pride in their values and culture. I could notice very little hypocrisy here. People are friendly. Good work life balance (sometimes depends on the client too) Places a premium on quality Relatively flatter hierarchy. In practice too People listen to you no matter how junior you are in the industry Easier and faster project switch

      Cons

      As many reviewers say not good for laterals. Probably true. People don't really get the hang of pair programming. People who know the right person get to travel abroad to better offices like US UK, etc more frequently. I've seen this myself. The only qualification for the person was that he was expert at talking. And very skilled at that. No doubt with little experience in the industry he had contacts with big people. He go the benefits too Politics not as bitchy as some reviews suggest , certainly much better than Deloitte (Where its hypocrisy, sycophancy, and other ills all combined, ) and other consulting firms. But people do try things and succeed too. Last word - thought works not as bad as the reviews suggest but some serious issues need to Be tackled

      1.0
      Apr 8, 2014

      Cult

      Senior applications developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -None If you are an engineer. -Best Place to work for an HR or Admin

      Cons

      -People Leader betrayed employees. Only the hopelessly naïve would mistake an HR person to be an employee advocate. People Leader is a top-ranking company executive who gets paid to oppress employees, not a friend of the working man or woman. Workers, by definition, are oppressed to some degree. -The company was hiring at the same time it was marching people out -Management kept people who were well-connected, including obvious incompetents, while marching out good employees

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