Terrific engineering culture and genuinely nice people across the board - Anonymous employee Guidewire Employee Review

5.0
Jan 30, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The first place I have worked here office politics seems non-existent. Nobody building personal empires, no obstructionism, no disingenuous behavior...just honest, committed people working rationally to make the products better. Totally willing to spend money for productivity increases...none of the "do more with less" attitude that you see at large companies. Small enough that an individual can really have an impact.

Cons

San Mateo office is beautiful, but it can be a long commute. P&C insurance is not a "sexy" business to be in.

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5.0
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Pros

Internal education and freedom to learn about the industry

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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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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