Thoughtworks reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(3,421 total reviews)
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Mike Sutcliff

56% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,421 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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5.0
Jan 13, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

ThoughtWorks tries it best to treat everyone well. The health and wellbeing of its people is a top priority, and that's reflected in the hiring of managers and leaders of people that ascribe to 'servant leadership'. I was (and am) among those. There are also ample career growth opportunities if you are not entirely passive about your career. The tools, people, and client staffing opportunities made available to everyone support a wide variety of career paths.

Cons

You must be at least somewhat of a self-driven, self-directed person to succeed here. A large percentage of the unhappy people I have seen leave the company were not prepared to drive their own career path and take advantage of the opportunities presented to them. Most people - especially in Professional Services doing direct client work - have no solid line boss. You have no-one telling you what to do day-to-day and you can go a long time doing very little and suffering no consequences, leaving you feeling like there is no objective or rhyme or reason. This management format does not work well for some people. With that said, you do have several people senior to you who will guide and mentor you. And, you will have someone on your client engagement that is somewhat responsible for your results. They are the closest person you will have to an official boss. If you come to ThoughtWorks, please be prepared to take charge of your career path.

3.0
Jul 1, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are great. You'll make friends. As you go from project to project, you learn a lot about how different companies are organized, how their tech is structured. You'll gain a lot of insight into what works and what doesn't, and will take part in improving things. There are opportunities to work in other countries.

Cons

Staffing can be a crap shoot. Whether you're staffed on a great project in a great city (or where you live) or a so-so project somewhere you don't want to be is almost completely based on timing. Since retention isn't great, people will be leaving as they grow tired of the travel/consulting. No one stays at ThoughtWorks for the pay.

3.0
Jan 21, 2016

ThoughtWorks

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Passionate, intelligent technologists work there. They attract the best and the brightest.

Cons

Poor organization when it comes to how to align teams. Convoluted hiring process. Often new hires are excited about the social justice initiative, but get stuck on large corporate projects that offer very little in the way of creating apps for social change.

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