Meh - Product Engineer Esri Employee Review

1.0
Nov 5, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

See cons ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Many billionaire worshippers have already added their reviews.

Cons

I worked with some of the most obnoxious programmers at my time in Esri. - a bunch of egoistic old-timers who think hazing new employees is cool. And how qualified were they? They pushed half a feature every release, so you tell me. The owner and his marketing team are always pushing the cool aid on racial equity and how they work to protect the environment, climate, etc., . But the truth is Esri makes most of it's money from law enforcement (policies, border patrol), big oil and mining corporations. The staff diversity at the HQ does not reflect the community it operates out of. And it gets worse as you look at the top of the organization chain. Unlike other big software corporations, barely any code is open-source. Maybe because Esri's software sucks?

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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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