Is Guidewire a good company to work for?

Guidewire has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 1,625 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% 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 (118) , 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 products and culture!" ((in 194 reviews)); "People are great and helpful too" ((in 193 reviews)); "The company does promote a good work/life balance and there are certain groups that have a very good rapport." ((in 129 reviews)); "The healthcare and benefits are good" ((in 108 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))

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

4.1

78% would recommend to a friend

(1,474 total reviews)

Mike Rosenbaum

91% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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Guidewire has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,474 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

Jun 7, 2011

Great collaboration, exciting work, good pay

Senior implementation architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of collaboration among employees People are proud of Guidewire work culture and open management style Salaries are great, decent benefits

Cons

Keep up the good work and keep those sales wins coming

4.0

May 14, 2011

A great place to work with strategic consistency that believes in building software the right way

Senior product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great collaborative work environment. Work with lots of really smart people who care about what they build. Recent hires have helped improve the team.

Cons

Need to do more to develop our own people. Development needs to build things faster. It would be good to have more cross-team mobility. Be willing to fire people that don't perform well.

5.0

May 11, 2011

Guidewire really values its employees

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really smart, dedicated people Management actually enables instead of micro-manages Respect for sustainable work-life balance - no overtime, work from home when necessary Office culture is young, relaxed and fun - monthly team nerf wars and other fun team events One of the leaders in applying Agile development techniques to complex, enterprise applications Customers are happy!

Cons

Not well known yet in the Toronto market Toronto office is small so not a lot of management opportunities if that is what you are looking for Insurance industry is not very "sexy"

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