Is Esri a good company to work for?

Esri has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 1,771 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 67% of employees would recommend working at Esri to a friend and 65% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Esri have been left by employees working as Software Engineer(Internship) , Intern and Solution Engineer .

Does Esri pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Esri employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Esri. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Esri?

67% of Esri employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Esri 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Esri?

Product Engineer (93) , Software Engineer (69) , Account Manager (49) , Intern (36) , Software Developer (29) , Solution Engineer (25) , GIS Analyst (24) , Senior Software Engineer (24) , Technical Support Analyst (23) , Project Manager (21) , Support Analyst (21) , Account Executive (19) , Product Engineer II (18) , Solutions Engineer (18) , Software Development Engineer (17)

What are the pros of working at Esri according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and valuable on" ((in 175 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and we have a common goal of serving the customer." ((in 167 reviews)); "Good Work Life balance for sure" ((in 103 reviews)); "Campus is beautiful and green" ((in 56 reviews)); "The team I worked with was great and the assignments were very engaging" ((in 46 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Esri according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and few chances for advancement" ((in 146 reviews)); "Apart from low salary everything is great" ((in 89 reviews)); "Poor management, they choose people who don't know how to manage people and don't train them." ((in 78 reviews)); "Most managers don't have a clue about anything technology related despite that esri tells us we are a software company." ((in 48 reviews)); "No career path will be laid out for you" ((in 38 reviews))

What are employees saying about Esri layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Esri layoffs and their outlook for job security at Esri in 2026.

What Esri locations have received the highest employee ratings?

New York , Saint Louis , Los Angeles , Charlotte , Philadelphia , Washington , Vienna , Redlands , Denver , Portland

Esri reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,511 total reviews)

Jack Dangermond

79% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

3.2

Compensation and benefits

Esri has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,511 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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2K reviews

1.0

Oct 15, 2019

Don't bother working here

Marketing specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

-Some people are nice, but most are narcissistic entitled brats with a huge ego.

Cons

-Most managers don't know the first thing about managing a team. Often time they overpromise and undermine their team and set them up for failure. -Both HR and management don't care about keeping talented folks around. They're too afraid of lawsuits so they keep the incompetent people around instead.

4.0

Feb 11, 2016

Lack of professional grow, slow moving, unfair salaries

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Esri has excellent work-life balance - flexible hours, work from home - just deliver results. Hourly payments far from best ones, but pretty decent taking into account overtime is paid directly in next pay check. Salaries have a good correlation to a price of realty / rent nearby. Stable yearly salary increase (3-10%).

Cons

PMs often have no road ahead because higher management doesn't have it as well. Work-life balance if often abused by some people - they do whatever except work. Same bonuses for all employees doesn't matter how hard you work. Lack of new technologies (all apps are made on Dojo, a lot of legacy ArcObjects), no cloud thinking.

2.0

Sep 17, 2015

Stressful work environment-no growth opportunities

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Close to home, great learning opportunity to work for a global company introducing me to international accounting.

Cons

Untrained bias management, unresponsive HR department, hostile work environment.

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