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      Guidewire reviews

      4.1

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (1,473 total reviews)
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      Mike Rosenbaum

      91% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Senior management

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      Guidewire has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,473 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Guidewire employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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      1K reviews
      3.0
      Sep 11, 2015

      Not as great as I was led to believe

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      - Most colleagues are great to work with, are very helpful, and many are really smart/excellent programmers - You can get to work on some really interesting problems - Career opportunities probably OK - Work/life balance is mostly OK - Salary OK (but not great compared to other companies in the area)

      Cons

      - Way too much custom-built/legacy code, some of it kludgy - When I joined, i was told during interview process that it wouldn't be a problem to work from home "at least 1 day a week" without providing special justification. It turns out this is in fact rather frowned upon by manager. - We are being forced to take vacation around Christmas/New Year because the company closes down completely - BUT management does not want to give employees the time off.

      5.0
      Sep 11, 2015

      Still a great place to work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I still enjoy working here for three main reasons: 1) Guidewire has a genuine work life balance. 2) My colleagues are intelligent and interesting, and 3) We seem to be on the right track to fixing the organizational and strategic issues that had plagued us a year ago.

      Cons

      There can be a mentality that something new or different is going to be impossible just because it's hard or there are challenges. But challenges can be overcome. This means that we can be slow to make big decisions... but they do eventually get made.

      5.0
      Sep 11, 2015

      Best tech company around

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Possibly the best tech company I've worked for. Company values are clear and applied globally. The people are smart, and willing to help out. Great pay and perks.

      Cons

      No cons as of yet.

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