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
2.0
May 22, 2012
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Quite few smart people to work and learn Agile, XP. It will be great place for QA, BA and developers.

Cons

Management is way poor. Poor Resource management India offices have poor managers except very few but good leaders. Except for being tech savy, there are not much scope.

5.0
May 20, 2012
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people. Problem Solving Culture. Open. Flat. Influential Company. Agile (leaning towards XP rather than Scrum). Martin Fowler is the Chief Scientist. There's opportunity to try out other offices globally after you've served a year in the company.

Cons

It can be chaotic at times. Even as a consultant from an esteemed company, clients can sometimes ignore good advice. ThoughtWorks occasionally signs work that's not good for staff.

4.0
May 16, 2012
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

* Amazing group of co-workers who are smart, on-the-ball, and leaders in their field * You WILL learn a lot, no matter how "expert" you think you are * Excellent opportunities to meet amazing people in the industry - not just at ThoughtWorks, but at client sites! * Great benefits package * Decent compensation, mid-level for San Francisco * Lots of travel to lots of places * Ton of support to have consultants experience offices in other countries for 3, 6, and 12 month moves! * You will gain status on airlines and hotels QUICK, and you'll love the perks that come with it. After your first year, of course * You can pay for your travel & expenses with your own credit card, practically quadrupling your rewards accumulation. My Amex basically bought my vacation! * AMAZING corporate culture that rests on 3 pillars - sustainable business, technical excellent, and social justice. The company does VERY WELL (IMHO) in balancing these 3 pillars, with significant effort placed on social justice. It makes you feel like you're part of something bigger than IT. Or your job.

Cons

* 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.

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