Is Guidewire a good company to work for?

Guidewire has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,623 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 78% of employees would recommend working at Guidewire to a friend and 70% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Guidewire have been left by employees working as Sales Consultant , Senior Implementation Architect and Senior Product Manager .

Does Guidewire pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Guidewire employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Guidewire. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Guidewire?

78% of Guidewire employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Guidewire 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Guidewire?

Software Engineer (117) , Senior Software Engineer (82) , Consultant (43) , Senior Consultant (29) , Technical Support Engineer (28) , Software Consultant (22) , Senior Architect (20) , Implementation Architect (18) , Senior Implementation Architect (16) , Product Manager (15) , Senior Product Manager (15) , Architect (14) , Sales Consultant (14) , Solution Consultant (14) , Director (12)

What are the pros of working at Guidewire according to real employee reviews?

"People are great and helpful too" ((in 192 reviews)); "Great culture and values that serve customers well" ((in 192 reviews)); "People here have a good work/life balance and people understand the needs of family life." ((in 130 reviews)); "Benefits are great" ((in 104 reviews)); "Management is great" ((in 56 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Guidewire according to real employee reviews?

"Salary under the average" ((in 39 reviews)); "Insurance is not the most exciting field." ((in 15 reviews)); "Upper management is rude and only focusing on shares" ((in 8 reviews)); "Career paths are non" ((in 7 reviews)); "In recent year(s), compensation has not been competitive and leadership has not been as strong and lacks diversity, which leads to a lack of perspectives in my opinion." ((in 2 reviews))

What are employees saying about Guidewire layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Guidewire layoffs and their outlook for job security at Guidewire in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Guidewire locations?

Foster City , San Mateo , Exton , Dallas , San Jose , Birmingham , San Francisco , Chicago , New York , Edina , Remote , Philadelphia , Atlanta , Seattle , Tampa , Bedford , Columbia , Austin , Los Angeles , Jacksonville , Miami , Boston , Charlotte , San Diego , Denver , Hartford , Las Vegas , Freehold , Phoenix , Poland

Guidewire reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(1,472 total reviews)

Mike Rosenbaum

90% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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Guidewire has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,472 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

3.0

May 3, 2014

Not the scrappy startup I once loved, but I'm still rooting for them

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Guidewire was founded on core values of integrity, rationality, and collegiality. Even now that I left, in keeping touch with those still there, I can tell these principles are still in their blood. The top engineers are/were among the best I've ever worked with. I learned a lot. Through Guidewire I have made a majority of my closest friends over the recent years.

Cons

I thoroughly enjoyed my time when Guidewire was far smaller, with a team of less than 100 engineers. People accomplished big things. I worry that as it has grown, it has allowed bureaucracy to run away such that you now have members of the engineering staff who are more interested in politics and process than actually getting tangible work done.

4.0

Apr 29, 2014

A true meritocracy - title, salary, bonus all reflect an employees contribution for the most part.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very little politics. Everyone is free to contribute and grow with the company. Employees are generally empowered with some limits.

Cons

With the IPO, bureaucracy has crept in. Seems to be a necessary evil. Work-life balance is not optimal especially for traveling employees.

3.0

Apr 12, 2014

Development needs a shakeup

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Guidewire has been an amazing place to work so far - great team in general (with exceptions, see below) especially in Sales Consulting, Services and non-HQ dev offices. Strategy makes sense!

Cons

Development management is very weak and out of touch with what the customers need and what it takes to be successful. This team has been so insular for so long, it has a completely different culture than the other parts of the organization - sales, services and finance have a hard-working, just-get-it-done attitude whereas Foster City Dev seems privileged and focused on personal (ie technical) advancement and not on customer needs. Most developers are only in the office at 10, leave at 6 and spend a lot of time eating the free food while other parts of the company regularly work 12-14 hour days, often in crappy hotels and airports. Most in development, starting at the top, have not bothered to learn anything about the insurance industry and our customers' world.

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Not the scrappy startup I once loved, but I'm still rooting for them

A true meritocracy - title, salary, bonus all reflect an employees contribution for the most part.

Development needs a shakeup

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