Thoughtworks reviews

* Travel is either a pro or a con. For me, it was a pro in the beginning, but quickly became a con after I met someone special. * Expense policy is slightly out of whack. $35/day for food while traveling? Uhm, IRS allows $75. WTF? * ThoughtWorks is growing QUICKLY - normally a good thing, but I'm not sure if management has a handle on the logistics of growing so rapidly. Also not sure if the rapid growth will be sustained in another recession. That worried me. What goes up... * HR is a nightmare * Recruitment is a nightmare * ThoughtWorks is a bit of a personality cult around its chairman, Roy Singham. He makes grand gestures around equality and freedom of speech - but when your opinion differs from his, he invokes Dictator status at ThoughtWorks and squashes any and all dissent. Personally, I feel this runs counter to Pillar 3 but at the end of the day, he owns 97% of the company. It's his to do what he pleases.

Since the pandemic this company has not compensated it's employees fairly. There was a pay freeze while tech pay soared to the highest ever. Then there has been subsequent pay freezes and minimal pay increases that are below inflation. There are seniors getting paid at Consultant levels and leads getting paid at senior level. To add insult to injury they publish salary bands for each grade and there are folks getting paid significantly UNDER their salary bands. They said it was for transparency reasons only, it doesn't mean they will make it right and pay you in your salary band. Getting a promotion doesn't guarantee a raise. Yes, you will get the title and the responsibility but not the pay. It isn't temporary either. This has been going on for the last 3-4 years. It is also not an isolated incident. Yet the company is asking more and more from us.