Thoughtworks reviews

4.3

88% would recommend to a friend

(3,421 total reviews)
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Mike Sutcliff

100% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,421 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Thoughtworks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.6 stars).

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3K reviews
4.0
Oct 19, 2012
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- You will work with many of the best people in the industry - You will have easier access to speaking and publishing opportunities - You will be at the cutting edge of your field - Having ThoughtWorks on your resume gets people's attention

Cons

- Most employees travel constantly - Salaries are not commensurate with the level of skill required to work at ThoughtWorks - Most of your clients will be dysfunctional teams in large companies - If you want to move out of constantly billable roles it becomes very political

4.0
Sep 2, 2012
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

High calibre colleagues, interesting work, opportunities to advance knowledge on technical, cultural and social issues, less hierarchy than typical corporation, travel, embraces diversity of thought.

Cons

Career path may be hard- lots of flexibility but may be too unstructured for some. Difficult to succeed without strong internal network. Some who are drawn to the company nevertheless may not be best fits and will struggle more.

5.0
Aug 20, 2012
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people Friendly "management". We don't really have direct managers to report to. Management is mostly HR. The dreaded Project manager wields no more power than you do.

Cons

Sort of "cliquey" at times for new starters. Extremely friendly and social once you mix with folks.

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