Guidewire Reviews

Pros

Everybody is very very friendly, management are very open, salary is great and the stocked kitchens are a big plus.

Cons

Management are being quite indecisive at the moment.

Pros

Friendly Environment Good starting salary Detailed training (you are not thrown in to the deep end straight away) Plenty of social events

Cons

Promotion process feels a bit too vague and unclear. Some get promoted in 6 months and some take up to 2 years. Never given clear reasoning why outside of vague "They worked hard"

Pros

Guidewire is a good place to start your career right after college. You will learn to work in an agile environment and get used to getting things done in software. There are opportunities to work in the US and elsewhere in Europe as a Field Consultant after 1 year here. Overall, you can get some valuable experience during your first two years here. After that, it kind of becomes a rut with little career progression.

Cons

Put simply, if you love coding, if you are a creative engineer who loves to design an idea out of thin air and build it, you should not work as a Consultant for Guidewire (you may consider applying for a Software Engineer position). Over time, doing only simple tasks over and over may crush your spirit, and limit your growth. Also, unless you work in a Digital project, most technologies are proprietary and they will be of no use in your career. Even if you work in Digital, you will be limited to the base product and working with Angular ~1.5 which is quite outdated by now. Overall, consultants are very limited to the base product. Being original and creative with your solutions (or thinking Outside the Box if you will), goes against the very description of the job: configuring. There are cases in which this is necessary, but Guidewire works hard to limit such cases (it's not cost-effective), so you may not have many chances to 'shine'. Career progression is tricky at best (there is a limited number of promotions and even if you are good, you may not get promoted simply because that year other people got promoted), and salaries are way, way too low. Also, salaries do not recognize your role in the company. It does not matter how hard your project or assignment is, you will get paid the same, or roughly the same, as your colleagues with the same title. Remote work is a delicate matter and ultimately your manager's call. Some people here see it as slacking whereas other people support it. Personally, I don't see what the big deal is about this. The office is too far away and poorly communicated, the job is basically remote itself with most of our clients in the US. Why not letting people take remote days whenever they want?

Pros

- Guidewire offices are clean, have a casual atmosphere, and employees are provided with free snacks and drinks. - Management encourages and facilitates employees to progress their professional and leadership skills with clear career paths outlined. - Employees have control over their own career path with a lot of internal opportunities available. - Guidewire is solving important and complex problems with their products and services. - There are office based positions or 80% travel based positions.

Cons

- Methodologies are sometimes outdated and it can be difficult to change the internal status quo.