Could be a great place to work w/ a few changes - Senior Software Product Engineer Esri Employee Review

3.0
Sep 11, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Fairly flat org structure in a company doing a lot of interesting work. Can be a good place if you're ambitious, willing to grow/learn, & fortunate enough to have a supportive management.

Cons

Lots of petit tyrants in management who demotivate talented workers & drive them out of the company. There are many ppl in the company whose careers were sabotaged because of an egomaniacal management that HR refuses to correct. Esri needs to implement bottom-up feedback for management the way other major tech firms have done. It's still a "good old boys" network. If you're there and have a good management hierarchy, consider yourself to be among the lucky ones.

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5.0
Jul 8, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
May 12, 2026
Recommend
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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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