Successful and fast growing company facing new challenges. Good short-term outlook - Anonymous employee Guidewire Employee Review

3.0
17 Apr 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fortunate with top quality employees and good company culture from the early days. Good product and customer pipeline so far.

Cons

Talent cultivation and retention remain challenging in recent years. Start to see high exit rate in development for both old timers and newcomers. Rapid increase in organization hierarchy. Currently six levels from individual contributors to VP in Development. Inexperienced and disconnected management for a fast growing organization. Compensation and reward system don't inspire good behavior of individual contributors.

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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
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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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