Working at ThoughtWorks in Chicago, IL: 6 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Chicago, IL Area

"One of the best companies to work for if you want to learn new things and do that in the correct way."

"A wonderful place to work in. Abundant opportunities to learn and advance and develop software for different business domains."

"I had the privilege of Working for ThoughtWorks for close to four years. They have a wonderful environment that pushes for creativity and innovation. It can be a fun environment to work in, as long as you put in the time and effort to get the job done. If you like travel, this is the place to be. If you have a knack for software development and can code, this is the the place for you."

What do you like about working at ThoughtWorks?

"Flat organization where everyone has a voice in solving the client's business problem"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This is probably unlike any company you have ever encountered before -- explore and understand the culture as much as you can."

What don't you like about working at ThoughtWorks?

"Need to shift some of the emphasis to telling the company's story better and presenting our ideas/work more solidly -- a bad idea presented well is better than a good idea presented poorly."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More focus on developing current talent instead of focusing on expansion; revamp sales strategy"

"Having experience in diversified technologies like Windows, linux, mac, networks"

What do you like about working at ThoughtWorks?

"Open culture, Fun at work, good cowerkers, got right rewards for hard work done."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You have to be really smart to get into :)."

What don't you like about working at ThoughtWorks?

"When the company grows big, sometimes there becomes a communication gap between peers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good job. Please try to keep the communication much clearer"

What do you like about working at ThoughtWorks?

"Some good people, good benefits, very little else was good"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Stop all the insiders from spending so much time and money flying around and doing pet projects or things with little justification and pay your peole more"

What don't you like about working at ThoughtWorks?

"High stress, boring lame client projects, long hours, lots of travel, poor work life balance, jerk coworkers, puts the cult into corporate culture"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"You need to stop thinking that you can treat people like you did in the early 2000's, that was the worst period in software developments history. Developers have been in demand for a long time now."