Great place to work. - Lead Developer Esri Employee Review

5.0
Jan 24, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Meaningful work Self managed environment Excellent work environment No cubicles Hourly pay gives rewards long hours Competent and enthusiastic colleagues Good work life balance Relative low stress level Stable financial situation No hire and fire mentality Privately run, no stock holders Not incentive driven Employees are important to the company Redlands is a nice place to live

Cons

People can get stuck in their careers Sometimes chaotic management decisions on larger projects Management abilities of higher level management

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5.0
May 13, 2026
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Pros

Positive and encouraging team morale

Cons

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2.0
May 12, 2026
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Pros

Esri pays your health insurance. A few extra holidays that other companies may not offer.

Cons

-Below average pay for California. Already a struggle living out here due to cost of living. -Support services is a mess. We have to bend over backwards for customers always teetering on scope of support. Might as not even have those guidelines anymore if it's a constant battle for internal resources to back you. -Constant releases of software that breaks customer workflows. Too many bugs. Lack of QA. -Whats the point of middle management if all decisions have to come from higher ups that have no understanding of supports day by day. -Unwillingness to let senior employees work from home. And if you do work from home they hold it against you if you want to apply to an internal position. Almost like a thinly veiled threat. -Other teams feel the need to steam roll support sometimes, often leading to fragmented relationships. -Lastly there is way too much work and never enough people.

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