Turn the other direction - Anonymous employee Esri Employee Review

1.0
Mar 21, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You first. I'm tapped out.

Cons

Think of Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth. Now think of the opposite of Disneyland, the unhappiest place on Earth. That's Esri. Employees, embittered by bad pay, a poisonous and unsupportive work environment, managers who are waiting for them to fail, an absence of any communication, and no yearly bonus at all, want out. Search elsewhere. You don't want to work here.

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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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