Great place to work! - Anonymous employee Esri Employee Review
5.0
11 Sept 2018
Anonymous employee
Current employee, more than 10 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Best GIS platform made, awesome customers.
Cons
Could be easier to change roles.
Esri Response
7y
Thank you for your 10+ years with Esri! We are committed to the growth and development of our employees. One way we do this is through our robust training courses and other educational opportunities. We also encourage you to check out the Mapping Your Career resource on Compass, then talk with your HR Business Partner about what career growth at Esri looks like for you. We appreciate your feedback!
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.