Thoughtworks reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,686 total reviews)
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Mike Sutcliff

75% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Thoughtworks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 4,686 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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1.0
Jan 2, 2017
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Pros

The only pro is you will have a god-forsaken job! Other than that I can't think of any.

Cons

As a Developer: - There is no scope for the growth of your knowledge or practice as the average IQ of the employees are dramatically falling. - You will be asked to work on support of legacy application for a really long time and do not entertain the option on working on different projects. - Average dev experience of the company might be a little over 3 years at best. This makes it feel like you lose your wisdom on a daily basis when you work there. As an employee: - The higher management and a few in the middle are extremely political. - They create useless positions in the management which does not help in any part of running a sustainable business. - The management falsely praises some developers if any, but give the same yearly increment to everyone - Nothing is transparent - They claim to be a flat hierarchy structure but are practicing invisible roles and keep everyone in the dark - Lot of horny men harass the women at social event at office - Finally, the founder of the company talks about poverty ridden children to a thousand people in a 5-star hotel

2.0
May 11, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Office culture, technically sound team mates

Cons

I have never seen such an attrition before. Indian offices of thoughtworks are getting a big hit bec' of few serious issues. If you are an experienced professional, then you should make the resource manager, Project manager, business analyst, team lead, they guy who sits in the next table who has big voice etc., feel that you are talented. Your complete growth, onsite opportunities, good projects - depends on what they feel about you. Earlier the organization wasn't this judgmental. How can a resource manager who doesn't know neither technology nor you, can decide what you will be doing ? But they will take all the key decisions just by the magical discussions that they have with other so called key people who doesn't know what you are working on. The local politics is spoiling a good company. So many talented people doesn't get a good project that they deserve. So many just-talk-and-get what you want people keep getting the opportunities setting bad example for others to follow.

1.0
Dec 13, 2015

Smart people, dumb projects

Recommend
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Pros

A lot of smart people Travel opportunity A lot of office events

Cons

What you're get highly dependent on what project you're staffed on A lot of uninteresting work (legacy applications/rescue project) Project staffing/ travel decision are highly political and not transparent Pairing on everything including trivial stuff Below market salary Management first priority is making money Social justice side are a big PR for mostly beached consultant No over time pay

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