The tough company to work for. - Administration Esri Employee Review

1.0
Dec 7, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Beautiful area, somewhat decent salaries, a lot of nice people work there. The company provides a good product and decent benefits.

Cons

Owner is unprofessional and many times harsh to his employees. His wife is also quite emotionally unstable. Neither one is approachable and both run the company like a dictatorship showing favoritism openly to anyone who shares their point of view. People who disagree with them, quite often find themselves shunned or looking for new jobs. Most employees keep their heads down and their mouths shut. The company is infested with toxic leadership throughout which makes it difficult to offer input without repercussions. Many people become overweight or ill within a time of working there, due to the high expectations, lack of appreciation, toxic environment and excessive workloads. On some floors you are not permitted to speak without being asked a question. Upper management seems to stay 5+ years, but lower ranking positions have a high turn over. Sadly, this company is mostly out for itself and offers poor support for employees who need a voice.

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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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