Learned to Enjoy Work and Life After Leaving Guidewire---NOT While At Guidewire - Anonymous employee Guidewire Employee Review

1.0
Mar 10, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Personable CEO, smart developers, free snacks, free parking, decent internal processes, friendly international employees.

Cons

"Work/Life Balance" a lie. Slave wages and pathetic raises. Backstabbing employees (not all) with the arrogance of knowing they won't (can't) be touched. Non-existant marketing leadership. Puppet HR group with no teeth.

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5.0
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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
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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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