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      Esri

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      Esri reviews

      3.7

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (1,512 total reviews)
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      Jack Dangermond

      79% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      Esri has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,512 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
      Sep 26, 2012

      Look elsewhere. This place is a nightmare.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great technology. If you love GIS. Nice people (peers) Beautiful campus

      Cons

      Pay absolutely sucks (long hours, no overtime rate, 30% below market avrage) Zero career growth (in fact you may seriously damage to your career if you stay too long) HR is actively hostile (I've never experienced anything like it - this management style is 100 years old. Fear and intimidation is how you motivate people?! Most of the employees just pray they don't receive a call from HR. Most get do by falling for one of the many traps HR sets such as questioning you about sites you visit even if you do so on your lunch break) Micromanagement (In fact I have to give Jack some credit here. He has brought micromanagement to an entirely new level, a level I never thought was possible in an organization of this size) Basically this is just another 3rd tier company. After having worked for some 1st and 2nd tier players I can honestly say I am really glad the ESRI experience is history.

      2.0
      Sep 3, 2012

      Good company to work with.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefit, flexible working hours, and stable.

      Cons

      Don't expect too many opportunities to pursue career path. There is no move up in the company.

      1.0
      Sep 2, 2012

      Totally demoralizing, lack of basic human respect from HR

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Southern California. That's about it.

      Cons

      Cost of living, lack of respect, gestapo HR, or should I say two HR departments. Jack has his 2.2 billion dollars in the bank from the work of the early employees, but he let the gestapo HR destroy the families that made him rich just because they got sick and Jack is self insures his employees. So if you get sick or have a child that gets sick that costs money, you will pay dearly for it. They will terminate your position and put you in a department that you have no experience and will not train you, then HR will rack up the violations.. This my friends, is after a 22 year "perfect record" of employment.

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