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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

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      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
      1.0
      Jan 2, 2026

      Don’t believe the Esri hype, it’s no fairytale

      Gbd
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Health insurance( 100% paid for by Esri) No official layoffs Holidays Profit share

      Cons

      Pay: Widespread underpayment, no geographic pay adjustments (ironically, for a GIS company) PTO: Extremely limited only 10 days until year 5 Leadership & Culture: Toxic environment, especially for those who are not white, heterosexual men In-Office Mandates: 3 days/week for most, 5 days for new hires, with active attendance tracking Complacency: Long-tenured employees (15+ years) reinforce a culture resistant to change; the company feels stuck in the past Corporate Travel: Slow, bureaucratic, and combative approval process Sick Time: Insufficient time off currently a big point of employee pushback

      1.0
      Nov 5, 2021

      Meh

      Product engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      See cons ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Many billionaire worshippers have already added their reviews.

      Cons

      I worked with some of the most obnoxious programmers at my time in Esri. - a bunch of egoistic old-timers who think hazing new employees is cool. And how qualified were they? They pushed half a feature every release, so you tell me. The owner and his marketing team are always pushing the cool aid on racial equity and how they work to protect the environment, climate, etc., . But the truth is Esri makes most of it's money from law enforcement (policies, border patrol), big oil and mining corporations. The staff diversity at the HQ does not reflect the community it operates out of. And it gets worse as you look at the top of the organization chain. Unlike other big software corporations, barely any code is open-source. Maybe because Esri's software sucks?

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