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      Esri

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      Esri reviews

      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (1,513 total reviews)
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      Jack Dangermond

      79% approve of CEO

      66% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Esri has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,513 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
      4.0
      Apr 7, 2016

      Overall a nice place to work

      Anonymous employee
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of smart, passionate people. It's a privately held company and as such it can chart it's course and be the company it wants to be. There isn't external pressure to achieve short-term shortsighted monetary goal, so it can plan and build for the future over longer time horizons - which is great. If you're a driven person who knows where they want to go and what you want to do, you'll be able to position yourself well.

      Cons

      Esri created the GIS industry and many of the old timers are stuck in their ways. They don't realize we're living in a completely different digital world than we did even 5-7 years ago. You are kind of thrown in the deep end when you get hired - there isn't a lot of hand-holding and bringing you up to speed, which can be frustrating at times. Most institutional knowledge is not written down or easily found. You have to build your own knowledge base of who knows what, which teams do which things, and so on. There is no functional org chart so you have to figure it out on your own. Jack, the wonderful visionary owner of the company, is getting up there in age and there is no true spiritual successor around for when he departs. He is the captain steering the ship and when he leaves things may get very far off course.

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      Esri Response
      10y
      We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. We are working to improve the onboarding experience through additional training and mentorship. If you have specific suggestions about onboarding or the other feedback you provided, we encourage you to share them with your HR business partner.
      3.0
      Apr 7, 2016

      Great and Unique Company, Could Do Better

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Strong and stable, full of proactive, smart, and thoughtful people. Great company ethics and in many ways a model for corporate responsibility. Top product on the market in many respects.

      Cons

      Woeful lack of career guidance to younger employees. Company is missing much opportunity to develop its own talent.

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      Esri Response
      10y
      It's great to hear such positive feedback! We encourage you to reach out to the training team in HR with more specifics on what you'd like to see offered. Thank you!
      4.0
      Apr 6, 2016

      Great people, great work, lack of opportunity

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The highly intelligent, talented and kind people. The work is challenging but the work/life balance and benefits are excellent. Very flexible as long as you do not take advantage of it and your work is done. During a town hall meeting, the owner Jack referred to every employee as family members he needed to make sure were taken care of.

      Cons

      Lack of upward mobility, no visibility on criteria for promotions, politics can sometimes get in the way of progress.

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