Wonderful Place to Work - Senior Software Engineer Guidewire Employee Review

5.0
Jan 26, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Guidewire is as much a community as a workplace. All of the managers, up to and including the CEO, maintain an open door policy, and will gladly hear you out on just about anything. Everyone is willing to share expertise, mentor, and teach, and to learn new technologies and approaches. Management prides themselves on communication, keeping everyone informed not only of their decisions, but how they came to their conclusions.

Cons

Often, the policies and practices implemented don't make much sense for satellite offices. That said, the response from Management is usually "do what makes sense to get the job done."

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Pros

Internal education and freedom to learn about the industry

Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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