Best place I've ever worked - Anonymous employee Guidewire Employee Review

5.0
3 Oct 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You know that feeling at other companies where you wonder what those numskulls up in management are thinking? How you know you could do your bosses job better than them? Or their bosses job? That doesn't happen here. I have utter confidence in our management. Everyone is smart. Decisions are rational and timely. Have a concern? Bring it up, and we'll all do our best to address it.

Cons

With a consciously flat hierarchy and collaborative decision process, it can sometimes be a little slow to get things done. But that beats blindly following a dictator, doesn't it?

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Pros

Internal education and freedom to learn about the industry

Cons

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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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