The Best GIS Company you can work for. - Software Analyst Esri Employee Review

4.0
Dec 18, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This is the best company to work if you are in the GIS industry. The technology is cutting edge and they keep on rolling out new capability on their product. The team is small and agile. My manager is such a nice guy that he keep a lot of talent developers in the group happy. The compensation is decent and given the living standard in the local area is not as high as LA. The benefit is great, they paid all the medical insurance and can give you up to 4 weeks vacations if you work there for more than 10 years.

Cons

The company is located in a very small town. So there is not much to do during the weekend in town, however, you are only 1-2 hours away from the pacific coast , san digeo, palm spring and the mountains. The commute to and from the office is getting worse as more people move into the inland empire. The smog in the summer sometime can be harmful. The style of the management is pretty much top down but they do listen to what employee's suggestion. The career growth path is not very clear, there is not much hierarchy in the company structure, they run the the company in a more network model, so you are literally 3 level away from the CEO.

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Pros

Positive and encouraging team morale

Cons

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2.0
May 12, 2026
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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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