Very flexible hours
Great work/life balance
Treated as an equal by those with more experience
Work with some pretty great technology
Cons
Management practices are somewhat unclear
Not always clear who is in charge of a decision/employee/product
Esri Response
10y
Happy to hear you've enjoyed your first year with Esri. We agree our technology is doing great things in the world! If you're ever uncertain about who's responsible for various aspects of product development, we recommend reaching out to your team lead for clarification.
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.