Going in the wrong direction. - Software Development Programmer Esri Employee Review

1.0
Dec 9, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits - medical, dental and vision. Decent 401K and paid holidays. There are still good, passionate people who want to make a difference working here. Paid by the hour, so if you work more, you get paid more. Most staff have individual offices which is nice. There is a great mix of cultures, folks from different countries.

Cons

Senior management has lost its way. CEO has lost touch with the staff especially software development. Software is lagging. People are afraid to confront the head of software development. Unable to bring in new creative programmers. Recently they demolished marketing. No one knows why. Lack of clear strategy and vision. Raises are small and even those who don’t work hard get raises. Difficult to move up unless you are part of the “boys club” Not great vacation benefits.

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Pros

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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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