Guidewire

Great work-life balance, nice colleagues whom I enjoy collaborating with. I don't feel it is a slave-driver culture, which I have seen in previous jobs.

Compensation is on par with the market. There is no ESPP, but we do get some equity with the hiring package.

Love that we have holiday shut down, Thirsty Thursdays, free sodas/snacks, and a subsidized membership to the PJCC Gym. I know some feel we need more perks; however, I believe Guidewire is generous, more so than my prior employers.

Poor people managers. This could be due to a lack of development programs for first-time managers.

We need better processes and systems, which may be partly due to inexperienced managers again.

Management has been penny wise and pound foolish until now, but I think they have turned the corner and realize we need some investments.

The so-called great culture depends on which organization you are in.

HR does not report into the CEO, which is quite strange.

The CEO is young and not very experienced. Luckily, things are going well.

I do wonder what happens if we hit a snag in the future and whether he has the know-how to maneuver us out of a jam. That will be the true test of a good CEO.

The performance management process is not really enforced. As a result, star employees do not always get recognized, and weak employees linger on when they should have been managed out.

Invest in better systems and processes. Make people management skills a higher priority; people are the greatest assets in any organization.