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 4.1 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

4.1

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

Mar 5, 2024

too much effort on socialising,

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Variety of projects and clients

Cons

Too much emphasis on socialising in the office with coworkers Remote work has been revoked and now is traditional consultancy, working in client offices or TW offices. lack of specialization, your career depends on market trends.

3.0

Jun 14, 2018

Good for the career kick off

Consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Interesting, new technologies (however I can't say it about every project) - When working with old Thoughtworkers you can notice a difference, all-rounded in tech, high consultancy skills, soft skills - Nice, polite people to work with, highly motivated and passionate about tech - Good practices taken seriously - Thanks to pairing, as a junior I learned a lot in a relatively short time - Many initiatives related to knowledge sharing in the office (f. ex. lunch&learn every week)

Cons

- Poor work-life balance (in some offices if you don't want to stay on the beach forever you need to take a project in another city), office related activities during the lunch time or after working hours, exhausting TW university - Very high expectations for the salary they offer, ideally you should not only excel technically, but be involved in outside the project initiatives. Those usually require your personal time. - P3 (social-economical justice) is a pure marketing for me. The way they organise is injust already. Since we are staffed 40h on client project there can't be time dedicated for it. Solution? Let's work on them after work, why not. So simple. Oh, and it's not paid. P3 related meetings at the lunch time. - Company’s values are very left-wing. You can’t challenge feminism, LGBT movement, abortion, socialism etc. In that sense there is no freedom of speech.

1.0

Aug 22, 2025

Rather choose a larger consultancy company for extensive projects and career growth

Senior infrastructure engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- they have a health program which indeed is helpful (but also needed due to lacking work-life balance) - people working for thoughtworks seem to be smart - working with MACs - relocation support

Cons

- extensive pairing culture which leaves people exhausted if they thrive in deep focus work. Also nothing for rather introvert people - work life balance not really existing despite their tries to promote it - career growth options limited as you would need to bend your aspirations more towards what thoughtworks currently needs for their clients - clients always first with limited options to find or get a nice project where you are interested in

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