Is Esri a good company to work for?

Esri has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 1,772 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 68% of employees would recommend working at Esri to a friend and 66% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Esri have been left by employees working as Software Engineer(Internship) , Intern and Solution Engineer .

Does Esri pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Esri employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Esri. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Esri?

68% of Esri employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Esri 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Esri?

Product Engineer (93) , Software Engineer (69) , Account Manager (49) , Intern (36) , Software Developer (29) , Solution Engineer (25) , GIS Analyst (24) , Senior Software Engineer (24) , Technical Support Analyst (24) , Project Manager (21) , Support Analyst (21) , Account Executive (19) , Product Engineer II (18) , Solutions Engineer (18) , Software Development Engineer (17)

What are the pros of working at Esri according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and valuable on" ((in 190 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and we have a common goal of serving the customer." ((in 158 reviews)); "Good Work Life balance for sure" ((in 106 reviews)); "Campus is beautiful and green" ((in 51 reviews)); "The team I worked with was great and the assignments were very engaging" ((in 44 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Esri according to real employee reviews?

"Apart from low salary everything is great" ((in 95 reviews)); "Poor management, they choose people who don't know how to manage people and don't train them." ((in 77 reviews)); "Most managers don't have a clue about anything technology related despite that esri tells us we are a software company." ((in 45 reviews)); "No career path will be laid out for you" ((in 38 reviews)); "Offers low compensation" ((in 24 reviews))

What are employees saying about Esri layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Esri layoffs and their outlook for job security at Esri in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Esri locations?

Redlands , Charlotte , Washington , Vienna , Los Angeles , Denver , Saint Louis , Portland , New York , Seattle , Philadelphia , Chicago , Sacramento , Tysons Corner , San Antonio , Minneapolis , California City , San Francisco , Louisville , Boston , Saint Charles , Dallas , Johnstown , California , Miami , Atlanta , Redlands , Redland , Huntsville , Virginia Beach

Esri reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,513 total reviews)

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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Aug 31, 2012

Politics, Bad management, No career plan. Upper management is getting really old.

Software developer

Recommend

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Pros

Very interesting business. Flexible hours. Talented people. This is a great company for the first 5 years of your career after college.

Cons

Archaic management that favores politics. Mount people against each others. Directors behave like parents and treat employees like children. There is no career plan or career management. Managers have no management training. Creativity is going down. Managers steal ideas with no shame. Company culture is going down. Esri is privately owned with the owner/CEO getting close to 70. Key directors are over 60. People who are telling the emperor that is not naked are rewarded.

2.0

Nov 14, 2011

Beautiful campus and great benefits overshadowed by low compensation and lack of managerial feedback.

Assistant (marketing)

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Gorgeous campus (with a turtle pond!), great benefits package, and an intelligent community of employees working around an exciting product.

Cons

Management is largely unsupportive of employee growth and creativity. The exempt/non-exempt distinction between employees creates a demoralizing division, with non-exempt employees under a very strict schedule & managerial babysitting, and exempt employees free to largely determine their own schedules. Tenure at the company far outweighs job performance & industry expertise. Marketing strategies are decrepit and rigid, abd management is not open to incorporation of new ideas. Ample criticism for even minor errors that don't affect productivity & NO positive reinforcement for successes.

4.0

Feb 7, 2025

Great place to work, but very low pay.

Software development engineer (sde)

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Esri, has been great. Non-toxic environment. Free healthcare (not the best healthcare but it's free). Hourly, which means, you can work OT when required or needed. Options to work remote. Beautiful Redlands office.

Cons

This is hard, I do love working for ESRI, but their pay is just way below average. If their pay was average then the turn over rate would lower. The cost of living has skyrocketed and they're not keeping up with the times. So... If I leave I'll have to deal with public companies that don't care about you but you'll make more, if I stay I'll get to enjoy non-toxic environment, and work and life balance. It's hard, because every month I have a mortgage payment.

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Politics, Bad management, No career plan. Upper management is getting really old.

Beautiful campus and great benefits overshadowed by low compensation and lack of managerial feedback.

Great place to work, but very low pay.

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