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 (604) , Applications Developer (364) , Consultant (282) , Lead Consultant (260) , Software Developer (192) , Software Engineer (159) , Business Analyst (146) , Senior Software Engineer (138) , 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 784 reviews)); "I have met a few great people here that I would want to continue a friendship with outside of work." ((in 617 reviews)); "Pure agile company and work life balance is good." ((in 373 reviews)); "Fun and good work culture." ((in 237 reviews)); "Good benefits &flexibility Diversity is there and lot of activities are there for employees development" ((in 138 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 253 reviews)); "Pay is low and internal ways of promotion are very biased depending on the leadership you are under" ((in 107 reviews)); "recent trend of frequent layoffs" ((in 91 reviews)); "No leadership on the ground." ((in 70 reviews)); "2. Leadership team is disastrous." ((in 17 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.

Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,670 total reviews)

Mike Sutcliff

76% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,670 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

4.0

Dec 13, 2011

overall, it's extremely valuable experience

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- work with big guys in Agile - learn a lot from your peers - respect knowledge workers - smart people around you

Cons

- management people are hard to deal with - low pay, many people have left because of that

4.0

Nov 17, 2011

Awesome people who are underpaid

Junior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

+ Very engaging environment. + Competent leadership will to take risks and enable employees to lead change + Great benefits + Relatively consistent feedback + Flat organization*

Cons

- Poor work/life balance - A LOT of travel - Lower salary than most competitors - While flat, (and upper management is very approachable), very political.

4.0

Nov 13, 2011

Excellent , good people to work with

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work culture Good people Flexible Small size Good pay

Cons

Handling laterals is a problem legacy driven culture old timers have big say limited opportunities for sales and marketing people

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