Good culture and good development opportunities - Software Development Engineer II Esri Employee Review

4.0
Jan 22, 2024
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Pros

Esri has a great culture which emphasizes employee well being. There are opportunities for career development like conferences, and the projects provide great learning opportunities. Generally Esri tries to stay on top of industry trends. Employees are encouraged to take sick leave when necessary and to take meaningful breaks with paid leave.

Cons

Pay ranges for international employees seem to significantly lower than the US employees, and there can be large discrepancies between salaries of fellow employees. The company is also not the most agile, and decisions are generally top down

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5.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

Great people and very flexible working conditions

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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