Is Esri a good company to work for?

Esri has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,776 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at Esri to a friend and 67% 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 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Esri. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Esri?

69% 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, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Esri?

Product Engineer (94) , Software Engineer (68) , Account Manager (49) , Intern (36) , Software Developer (29) , Solution Engineer (25) , GIS Analyst (24) , Senior Software Engineer (24) , Technical Support Analyst (24) , 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 172 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and we have a common goal of serving the customer." ((in 163 reviews)); "good work/ life balance for the most part" ((in 108 reviews)); "Campus is beautiful and green" ((in 54 reviews)); "The team I worked with was great and the assignments were very engaging" ((in 45 reviews))

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

"Apart from low salary everything is great" ((in 90 reviews)); "Poor management, they choose people who don't know how to manage people and don't train them." ((in 83 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 40 reviews)); "Low compensation for the amount of knowledge one is expected to have." ((in 22 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 are the top reviewed Esri locations?

Redlands , Charlotte , Washington , Vienna , Los Angeles , Denver , Saint Louis , Portland , New York , Seattle , Philadelphia , Chicago , Sacramento , Tysons Corner , San Antonio , Minneapolis , California City , San Francisco , Louisville , Boston , Saint Charles , Dallas , Johnstown , California , Miami , Atlanta , Redlands , Redland , Huntsville , Virginia Beach

Esri reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,516 total reviews)

Jack Dangermond

80% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Senior management

Esri has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,516 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Aug 1, 2019

Good company, some of management lean towards favourites

Customer success consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Financially and opportunity wise Esri are fantastic. Great bonuses and salary perks including a number of extra curricular opportunities like charity working weeks, conference involvement and trips

Cons

Some of lower management employees tend to have favourites which is quite disheartening. Grad scheme roles perhaps favoured over those who have worked there for many years. It began to feel like these favourites could demand to work anywhere vs others cemented to their desk

Esri Response

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3.0

Jul 29, 2019

Great Company Terrible Security Environment!

It security

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pays well, relative stability, budget for IT (not InfoSec) usually not an issue.

Cons

Information is necessary evil. It's a private company with no accountability. Very bad security practices, no reason to change. The majority of their code is regularly stole by bad actors outside the company and no real action take to stop to flow. They only want to appear to implement security. They have almost unlimited budget but will not make and difficult process changes to secure their business. Regular disclosures are covered up.

5.0

Jul 27, 2019

How can you not love this company?

Technology lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great management, good pay, FANTASTIC benefits

Cons

Development is the tail that wags the dog here.

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