Esri reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,513 total reviews)
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Jack Dangermond

79% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Esri has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,513 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Esri employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Nov 15, 2010
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Pros

Flexible hours. Decent cost-of-living versus other cities with software companies (if you're willing to relocate to Redlands). Good place for work/home balance, great benefits. Very relaxed atmosphere for the industry.

Cons

Very little connection with what you do and how the company performs -- financials are heavily edited and not readily shared, it's hard to get a grasp on what products are selling and your overall contribution to the organization. For a "flat" company there is a lot of structure and knowledge hiding; you need to know who to go to in this huge, role-less environment to get the information you need to do your job. On that, you need to participate in a lot of 'extracirriculars' like an Esri bowling/softball team or fantasy sports league to get an in on a cross-section of the organization so you know who to go to. Inter-team competition and occasional suspicion. For a software company, tremendously conservative about the use of new technologies. Like in many large organizations, you'll find yourself "busy" all the time, but not "productive." Many people love holding meetings for meetings' sake and are not taken to task for it. Being constantly exhausted with a full calendar and having nothing to show for it on a Friday afternoon is demoralizing. Flat is a euphemism for no promotions, difficult-to-acquire continuing education budgets, and COLA pay increases are all the raise you can hope to get most years. This company is the first I have ever worked at that is not hire-fire (no layoffs EVER!) which is great for job security, but the place has acquired quite a bit of dead weight over the years -- you can find yourself starting to coast if you're not vigilant.

2.0
Feb 6, 2011

People are very nice but work is not challenging

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Laid back environment, people are nice, nobody gets on your case...there are some very smart people with opportunities to learn from them, the technology is very interesting with lots of future prospects. The employers are very employee oriented people.

Cons

No encouragement, no feedback or prospects of growth, hire seniors from outside instead. pretty random management style which is antiquated, lack direction, and depends on the whims of people, no improvement with work situation, have to deal with same people who dont do their jobs. no consequences if people dont do their jobs, so you have to keep taking the same stress over and over again.

1.0
Sep 22, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Some nice people Company has a good name Considered number one in GIS The owner Jack is well connected If you know someone in the corporate, you are set

Cons

Lack of opportunity In fighting, fierce competition among groups, each group trying to stamp out the other to rise The face of HR has been transformed by one director HR has turned the atmosphere from one of company to that of suspicion Not much growth

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