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

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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2.0
Nov 7, 2025

All the world's a stage

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Pros

Amazing coworkers and uplifting messaging about positive impact on the future to hold on to. Decent health insurance that is fully covered. Jack really believes in the power of GIS, which can be inspiring.

Cons

Requires constant theater and almost nothing makes sense strategically or ethically. More important to have a reputation for being a yes-man than it is to actually get work done, so plan to spend more time building internal slide decks about how great you're doing than you do actually doing impactful work or helping customers. Excessively detailed core competencies that are enforced in an inconsistent way along gender and exempt/non-exempt lines, based almost entirely on how much your direct manager likes you. Uses young, unexperienced employees to do the majority of the real labor in office 5 days a week while leaders who seem to lack any social awareness call into meetings virtually from their home offices and drop corporate jargon and double-speak until it quite literally makes you start to question reality. Expect working here to damage your health and to watch top performers be burnt or managed out one after the other while big talkers get promoted. Failure to get with the times re: fair industry pay, transparency, and social issues. Asks for feedback and then punishes anyone idealistic enough to think they really want it. Abyssmal change management and shifting goal posts due to in-fighting between leaders.

2.0
Apr 29, 2024

great for a year but not long term

Anonymous employee
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Pros

easy work decent benefits great to put on your resume

Cons

no clear career path no challenging work that encourages growth not a friendly space for neurodivergent workers

4.0
Jun 14, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The culture is the best part about Esri. You aren't expected to work 50–60-hour weeks or work on weekends. The people here are mostly pleasant to work with and you can make some really good friends here. The work is meaningful and gives you a sense of purpose. It is usually pretty interesting and keeps you challenged. It is a good feeling to help better the world and you can do that here at Esri. They also have great job security; I don't think anyone ever fears layoffs.

Cons

They like to start people at very low salaries. You get bumped up every year but when you start low, your increase won't be as good since it is percentage based. Vacation time and sick time could be better. If you ever get extremely ill, you'll probably end up using vacation time to cover it or you just won't get paid. You also start at very low vacation time, and it takes 5-10 years to get more.

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