ESRI a good place - Technical Analyst Esri Employee Review

4.0
20 Aug 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The culture is very relaxed; everyone is nice and shares information. Everyone genuinely likes to learn and it is a very young age group.

Cons

With most clients being government entities, it is often difficult to work get the same sense of motivation from them as you do from ESRI colleagues (probably not an issue if you work on a core product and not services). Their headquarters are located in Redlands and they pay relatively low, which will prevent them from acquiring top talent. They like to cultivate talent, and rarely bring in hot shots from prestigous schools or companies.

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5.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Positive and encouraging team morale

Cons

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2.0
12 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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