Does Thoughtworks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Thoughtworks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Thoughtworks. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Thoughtworks?

79% of Thoughtworks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Thoughtworks 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Thoughtworks?

Senior Consultant (601) , Applications Developer (363) , Consultant (278) , Lead Consultant (259) , Software Developer (192) , Software Engineer (158) , Business Analyst (145) , Senior Software Engineer (135) , Consultant Developer (132) , Quality Analyst (87) , Principal Consultant (83) , Project Manager (79) , Application Developer (68) , Senior Business Analyst (61) , Senior Software Developer (56)

What are the pros of working at Thoughtworks according to real employee reviews?

"The culture here is so great that you'll simply get attached to it because of that." ((in 771 reviews)); "I have met a few great people here that I would want to continue a friendship with outside of work." ((in 622 reviews)); "Pure agile company and work life balance is good." ((in 380 reviews)); "Fun and good work culture." ((in 247 reviews)); "Great colleagues to learn from" ((in 167 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Thoughtworks according to real employee reviews?

"Low salaries for Brazilian employees and not so much interesting projects... Hard to change to work on green field projects." ((in 245 reviews)); "Pay is low and internal ways of promotion are very biased depending on the leadership you are under" ((in 105 reviews)); "recent trend of frequent layoffs" ((in 99 reviews)); "No leadership on the ground." ((in 70 reviews)); "Hike and compensation is less" ((in 40 reviews))

What are employees saying about Thoughtworks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Thoughtworks layoffs and their outlook for job security at Thoughtworks in 2026.

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Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,649 total reviews)

Mike Sutcliff

78% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,649 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5K reviews

2.0

Aug 27, 2019

Be prepared to have high school drama

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It could potentially look good on your cv

Cons

The whole image they present is a lie. This is a top down organization that hides behind some amazing publications made by some of their staff. Petty, condescending team leads If you challenge anything you are called aggressive If you don’t get in with the in crowd you will actively be bullied out The values they pitch are never actually put in to practice

2.0

Mar 5, 2024

Time to move on

Lead software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company is still fully remote... unless you have to be at the client offices the whole week because the project was sold on that premise. You can still find some excellent professionals there. Still not the worst consulting company to work for, but getting worse at a fast pace.

Cons

The company has moved very quickly from being a disruptor and the harbinger of excellence to the worst practices of typical consulting practices. The focus now is on getting as much money from the clients as possible, no matter if the project makes any sense. Most of the time, there is no clue about what is needed after the sale is done; you are just there to bill your hours. The salary for most employees has been frozen for almost 2 years. Most people are leaving or thinking about it. The company has lost great professionals in the last 2 years, and just now they are hiring again, but the salaries for current employees are still frozen.

3.0

Oct 2, 2023

What made the company different is definitely gone.

Technical lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Thoughtworks is still a good place to start as a graduate, even if the TW university experience was also replaced by a painful remote course. Also, you might get a lot of visibility if you like to give talks and promote passionately any tech topic, as the company is hungry to have any new ways to differentiate from the competitors.

Cons

After going public, Thoughtworks it's just another consultancy company, really far away from the premium partner once it was. The limits of not working with customers related to gambling or countries that doesn't respect human rights are fading really fast, and day by day, the employees are becoming more like numbers to rent no matter what, so the company earnings increases as much as possible. Maybe a more relaxed company than other consultancies, but also paying way below the market. The founder's idea of the company it's now just a facade while most of the talent is moving on because of the low salaries, weird behaviours agains what we are supposed to represent, layoffs and organisational changes.

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