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Guidewire reviews

4.1

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,477 total reviews)
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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

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Senior management

3.6

Career opportunities

Guidewire has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,477 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
5.0
Jan 22, 2010

Excellent Product, Employees and Company

Product marketing manager
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Guidewire is a financially solid software company that has taken on a tough market and performed very well. The culture is very "no nonsense" but the atmosphere is very collegial and there is not a sense of a strict hierarchy. The development organization is very innovative.

Cons

The marketing group at Guidewire is very traditional in their approach. The innovation that you see in development does not exist in marketing. That said, the group is talented and produces quality materials.

4.0
Dec 2, 2009

Great Place

Senior software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Guidewire is a pretty special place. Great technology, a lot of people who really care about building software that works, and a lot of practicality. Bullsh*t doesn't fly here: there is a lot of skepticism around things that make other organizations starry-eyed. Pragmatic applications of unit testing is a good example: we test much better than most organizations, but we recognize there isn't a silver bullet out there, and testing is no substitute for good architecture. We also don't let pure architects exist: if you've got an opinion on something you better damned well be writing code for it. Best crew I've ever worked with.

Cons

We do roll a lot of our own technologies. That can be bad if you want to add the latest J2EE acronyms to your resume. But if you are a general technologist, it is a pretty fun environment. We've got our own langauge, web layer, OR layer, etc. All of it is done pretty well, when compared with the usual J2EE garbage, anyway. We are also tribalizing a bit as we get larger. Probably not much that can be done about that.

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