It's a love/hate relationship at times, but mostly love! - Product Engineer Esri Employee Review

5.0
Nov 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you are driven and take pride in your work and want to make Quality software for millions of users, then this is a place to thrive. If you want to blend in and be beige like the building interior colors you can probably do that too and make a good living, but you will be noticed as such by your colleagues, rather than by the flat management structure (some of us call this culture). I'm sure you've all read reviews that were negative, but this place is really fantastic. My bosses always told me to make my own career here and that is what I've tried to do. It's worked out for me. -Benefits are great as well.

Cons

You accrue vacation instead of just getting 4 weeks on Jan 1 every year. There are some politics, but they aren't like national politics so it's not that hard to maneuver with common sense approaches.

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Esri Response
9y
We appreciate your feedback. Your comment about making your own career at Esri is on point. It's rewarding to be in an environment where we have the opportunity to really focus on work we enjoy. Thank you for your 10+ years with us!

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