Is Guidewire a good company to work for?

Guidewire has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,627 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 76% 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 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Guidewire. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Guidewire?

76% 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 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Guidewire?

Software Engineer (120) , 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?

"Great culture and values that serve customers well" ((in 197 reviews)); "People are great and helpful too" ((in 188 reviews)); "The company does promote a good work/life balance and there are certain groups that have a very good rapport." ((in 128 reviews)); "Benefits are great" ((in 112 reviews)); "Management is great" ((in 57 reviews))

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

"Insurance is not the most exciting field." ((in 14 reviews)); "Some senior management are rewarded for failure too many times" ((in 8 reviews)); "defined career path with some really crazy policies and titles." ((in 7 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

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4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,476 total reviews)

Mike Rosenbaum

89% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.7

Senior management

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

Guidewire has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,476 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).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

Apr 30, 2015

Product Manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent team and working environment. Rational discussion and decision making even when there are tough trade-offs and choices to be made.

Cons

Biggest downside for product management is a focus on inbound PM. If you like working closely with dev as a PM, this is a great fit.

5.0

Nov 3, 2014

Success + Sanity

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Guidewire achieves the rare combination of success in the marketplace together with sanity in the workplace. Our customers are very happy with our products and services, which makes the work satisfying. And we're not afraid to continually work on modernizing our platform so that we don't stagnate.

Cons

The nature of enterprise insurance apps seems to imply long cycle times. By the time a customer has launched their implementation, they're already a release or two behind our active development, so feedback comes in slowly and engineers often have to context-switch between several old releases.

4.0

Nov 3, 2014

Good place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture and work-life balance. There are opportunities to move up or horizontally between groups. Upper management is focused on long-term vision.

Cons

Lots of proprietary technologies and frameworks and heavy customization of the web frameworks renders feature development and maintenance difficult. Long ramp-up time for new employees.

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