Wait and see - Software Engineer Guidewire Employee Review

3.0
Aug 24, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work/life balance. Peers are great. Great stock price (if you have any) and good upward movement. The non-HQ offices seem to be doing really well, judging by the reviews coming from there.

Cons

* Upper management: big question mark. We pwn it for the current market. But can they deliver a strategy for the next thing? * We've lost the value of collegiality. * Do you know any _great_ software product companies that use Rally instead of JIRA? Let us know at #RallyOrJIRA. * People are leaving. The team is shrinking, slowly. * The jobs are moving out of HQ. * Compensation is stagnating -- poor profit sharing. I work blood and sweat to enrich others. * I find it quaint that management would ask us to review the company before annual reviews, bonuses and salary adjustments...

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5.0
May 16, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Internal education and freedom to learn about the industry

Cons

Fully remote means less time spent with other team members

2.0
Feb 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

NA, can't think of anything positive anymore. It's a micromanaging mess.

Cons

Guidewire makes majors shift every 2 years and the last one to take PgM out of PD into its own department is a micromanaging nightmare. We have more status meetings and spreadsheets to update than time to do any work anymore. 3 places to update if I want to take PTO. 7am and 7pm meetings are now the norm. 6 bosses in 10 years, no one can make up their mind on the direction of the company, projects start and are abandoned constantly.

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