Bloated marketing division with poor leadership
Pros
You can skate by doing the bare minimum and never be noticed, if you so choose to do so. Most people in marketing do just that. They learned it from watching the department headband managers.
Cons
Leadership is so busy with fighting each other that you rarely are given clear direction. Forget about coaching, mentorship, or career advancement. None of that happens at Esri. Each of the "middle managers" in marketing are mediocre at best, but will not admit their shortcomings. A few of them even lied on their resumes in order to get hired! They spend all day in meetings and answering emails. Marketing leadership tries to let its workers know everything is ok by having second-rate all hands meetings, but they are all for the purpose of stroking the CMO's ego. If you are passive-aggressive and love to tell people what they are not good enough to do, you will love this place. Industry solutions is no better - they are full of male chauvinists. They serve no real value other than schmoozing at trade show.