Guidewire reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,476 total reviews)
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Mike Rosenbaum

89% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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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4.0
Feb 18, 2021
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Pros

not stressful, it was quite straightforward job

Cons

didn't handle scale super well

5.0
Feb 17, 2021

Great company with bright future

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Guidewire has an excellent product portfolio and an extremely professional and motivated team of employees. The Guidewire leadership team under Mike Rosenbaum is trustworthy and passionate. Overall, the company's culture is impressively straightforward, open and friendly. At Guidewire, it's the best arguments and reasoning that matter. Most decisions are usually discussed independently of hierarchies and made in the spirit of reaching the best possible consensus. Rationality and factual reasoning are the backbone of Guidewire's culture, although they incorporate significant social topics, against a backdrop of political and public opinion. Guidewire provides excellent ongoing training programs that are available to every employee. In addition, Guidewire supports employee´s community involvement with up to 3 additional vacation days per year. During the Covit/ Corona period, Guidewire unbureaucratically ensured that all (!) employees received extra $ for home office equipment . In addition, a weekly fixed amount could be requested to pay for delivery services. Gift cards were also given to employees to invest in sporting equipment. It should also be mentioned that GW pays for health insurance and offers many additional benefits that significantly exceed what other companies provide for their employees. Salary at Guidewire is competitive and performance-based. Great performers are paid excellent salaries. Guidewire is, overall, a quite outstanding employer.

Cons

Guidewire has been a little too busy with social issues lately. While this is very important, I think Guidewire has been exaggerating tranings, workshops and debates on BLM, LBTQ. It's important to keep addressing these issues, but at Guidewire you could sometimes get the impression that white skinned men in particula are the devil incarnate. So yes, no misunderstandings: Guidewire is a woke company, though in a good sense :-)

5.0
Feb 15, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Scaling with a healthy customer pipeline and lots of opportunity for growth. Team members are kind and empathetic. Company is always striving upwards and supports people in achieving goals.

Cons

Brand identity. I think there is a lot of room to improve both from the standpoint of recruiting and from the standpoint of our products.

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