X marks the spot - Anonymous employee Esri Employee Review

3.0
10 Oct 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Interesting product for those excited by geospatial solutions and analytics - Engaging work that can be accelerated by self-starters - Nice campus w/ great offices - Some really wonderful people who love mapping

Cons

- Slow environment with little to no best practices from a software development perspective - Large employee demand to work remotely with very little receptiveness from senior leadership - Little to no innovation; technical teams are bogged down by legacy systems

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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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