Esri reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,513 total reviews)
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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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2K reviews
3.0
Oct 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, full family health care coverage paid (mediocre insurance though). If you are hired at your current ability level you will be paid at the low end of the wage range due to the company's geographic isolation from the competition. If you work for a decent manager your work life will be good and mostly easy, if not, he or she will have the power to make it unpleasant.

Cons

If you accept a position below your ability level, you will never catch up to even the low end of the wage range inspite of any education and experience you possess or gain. It is very difficult to move around in the company and there is no preference given to employees for open positions within the company. No career path and no support from HR to find one. They talk about it but nothing is actually done.

3.0
Sep 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Flexible schedule - Job stability - Paid by hours Esri is a company for family people. They are very flexible about work hours. If you kids need a doctor appointment just let your coworkers know you need to leave. When you will get home you can work remotely part of time. This is all because you get paid by hours worked. They send employees to conferences.

Cons

- Job stability - Lack of bonuses and motivation If you get hired in most cases you won't be fired. This is good if you are a good worker. But this is also works even if you are a bad worker. And this is a nightmare if you are a coworker of bad worker. There are people who are not performing well. This pulls entire team down. What is a fun to work intensively, deliver new product if a person in next office will is doing nothing for months and still will get the salary raise for the same 3-5% by end of year! And there is no way to fire such a person - he/she will be promoted and moved to another team. to another position... That is just unfair work.All this happens because such bad worker works with a team but reports to a manager who is no a part of a team, and could be in another city at all. There are no bonuses and almost no raise. You salary will be the same plus 3-5% per year. Well, this is almost guaranteed no matter how well / bad you will be working. There is no opportunity to grow - even move to another department / team is a big problem.

3.0
Sep 16, 2014

Only the chosen few

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting work and software; good benefits, pretty campus

Cons

If you are not part of the click, life can be miserable and not chance to advance

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