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      Quality of Management problematic - Software Development Engineer Guidewire Employee Review

      3.0
      Apr 18, 2018
      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Work-life balance Stable environment Colleagues are collegial

      Cons

      Guidewire used to be a bottom up company. Developers were given freedom to drive projects. Now it's top down culture. Management holds most decision power - while not being hands-on enough to really understand what's going on. It's OK if you just want a cushy job and don't mind being told to implement suboptimal solutions. Not good if you are aspired to do the right thing. Technical caliber of engineering teams is going down as more old timers quit.

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      5.0
      May 16, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Internal education and freedom to learn about the industry

      Cons

      Fully remote means less time spent with other team members

      2.0
      Feb 25, 2026
      Technical program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      NA, can't think of anything positive anymore. It's a micromanaging mess.

      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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