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 789 reviews)); "I have met a few great people here that I would want to continue a friendship with outside of work." ((in 612 reviews)); "Pure agile company and work life balance is good." ((in 383 reviews)); "Fun and good work culture." ((in 233 reviews)); "Great colleagues to learn from" ((in 166 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 254 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 93 reviews)); "No leadership on the ground." ((in 71 reviews)); "Hike and compensation is less" ((in 39 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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4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,671 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 4,671 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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4.0

Sep 11, 2013

Great work culture, great people and contribution to the society

Applications developer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

-Work culture is really informal and fun -Lots of knowledge sharing sessions. Converts you into an information hungry person, be it current affairs in technology, politics sports, everything. -Flat hierarchy. No strict bosses. Anyone can approach anyone -Lots of team outings and fun activities

Cons

Experience is a big factor in the amount of travel you do. Pay is average for entry level jobs

4.0

Sep 11, 2013

Good company to work for with amazing people around

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Get to Work on latest technologies - Good work culture - Flexible work hours - Less work pressure - Take more ownership

Cons

- Some people leave in a theoretical and not in an idealistic world . Gets tough to work with them especially during pair programming

4.0

Aug 18, 2013

Good place to work, some maGood place overall, Infy style senior project management

Lead consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great engineering practices - TDD, Write effective tests, Continuous Integration, Pair Programming, Story Wall, Incremental and Evolving Architecture.

Cons

Inward focus. Not sure if we are competitive with the industry.

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