How you gonna like working there, really depends on your manager and often whether he/she likes you. - Software Developer Esri Employee Review

3.0
Apr 18, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fun place to work if you love GIS or software development. The company's size and market penetration helps getting a lot of opportunities and feet in the doors. Some departments are more bleeding edge than others. Good 401K profit sharing

Cons

The company really likes to penny and dime their employees to a point where it probably costs the company more money in processes than the company saves. You rarely feel appreciated by the company. No bonuses, very rare (and cheap) company parties. Not much social life in general. Jack puts a big emphasis on equal opportunity for all employees, meaning you don't get any extra pats for doing an extra good job, because it's "unfair" to other employees.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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