Esri reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,511 total reviews)
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Jack Dangermond

79% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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
Jul 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Most people working here don't care, so if you have any motivation you can feel like you are getting things done. However, everything else about the company is so toxic that this benefit nets out to a zero or a negative.

Cons

Salary is well below industry and local area standards Raises are practically non-existent, and if you do get them they are often barely at the rate of inflation There is absolutely no path for advancement—you will rot in the job into which you were hired There is no employee development: yearly reviews and development plans are systematically ignored; training is practically non-existent, both internally and externally; there is practically no funding to participate in conferences or professional development events Management is both incompetent and abusive Campus atmosphere is stifling; it's a well-manicured cube-farm, but that doesn't make it any less of a cube-farm I could go on and on

2.0
Jan 24, 2014

Stuck in 90's

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Job safety - Not a single layoff in the past 40 years.. You can see Jack at the cafe almost daily, how cool is that!! a CEO standing in line with you.. great guy.. market leaders in GIS.. Great medical benefits.. Paid by the HOUR

Cons

Hmm .. ok where do I start.. Absolutely zero career path so make sure you get in with a nice title and a package because you are not going to stay in that level forever, no promote from within mentality.. Though market leaders but not technology leaders, new ideas, designs, best practices are scoffed at by your direct supervisors who doesn't want to come out of their comfort zone.. Federal office mentality where people just do what it takes to survive or please Scott, who runs the company though Jack owns it.. Everything catches up late with esri - development methodologies, design(if there is one,we developers just do what we feel is right), best practices, consumption models, business plans, sales plans this is even after seeing other small and big companies successfully outperform them, hence stuck in 90's mindset.. REDLANDS is a big con.. Company is only suitable for people who wants to be comfortable without being challenged much and survive and get a paycheck at the end of the day, very bad for people looking for exciting challenges & opportunities..

1.0
Apr 23, 2011

Moderately better than unemployment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's hard to beat the benefits - 100% medical and dental, a nominal fee for family members on vision, 401k matching and profit sharing.

Cons

The employees aren't trusted, in some departments aren't even allowed to pick their own screensaver. Company culture is supposed to friendly and social, but only a few people are actually allowed to socialize. Ineffectual employees with the right friends are able to blame their failures on others.

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