Heavy-Handedly forcing us back into the office - Software Engineer - III Guidewire Employee Review

2.0
11 Jul 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lower level management is generally respectful of your time and work-life balance.

Cons

Despite an increase in productivity and happiness from going fully remote, they are now forcing us back into the office. Managed to go the whole pandemic without catching covid, then the most predictable thing in the world happened once I started going back in. They claimed going back in was to promote "hallway conversations", which is a downright insulting excuse to make to engineers.

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5.0
16 May 2026
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Pros

Internal education and freedom to learn about the industry

Cons

Fully remote means less time spent with other team members

2.0
25 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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.

5
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