Great brand but let down by culture & leadership - Anonymous employee ESRI Australia Employee Review

2.0
27 Jan 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great brand - Great, innovative software - best in the industry by a mile. - Work with some incredible people - smart, passionate, supportive. - Interesting work and customers, worked with a wide range of industries. The work doesn't get boring. Every day is a new, exciting challenge. - The annual Ozri conference is fantastic!

Cons

- Culture & leadership needs overhaul - Culture is set by leadership, the two go hand in hand. Even though I worked with some great people day to day, the company overall didn't create a culture of feeling supported, inclusive, fun and, most importantly, a feeling of trust between employees and leadership. - Lack of trust from leadership created an intolerance to flexible working (a dated "if you're not at your desk, you're not working" attitude) - Poor performing employees were not actively managed, impacting the morale of higher performing employees - Overworked and not recognised or acknowledged for it - No encouragement of work/life balance - It is driven by numbers alone which again impacts culture and morale. An over tendency to focus on the negatives, rather than celebrating the wins. - Leadership communication lacked both transparency (retrospective comms on change vs taking employees on the journey) and empathy. Employee survey results were not shared and no visible change resulted from them. - Returning mothers and parents in general need more support, flexibility and understanding from leadership.

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3.0
28 June 2023
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Pros

Vibrant energetic environment with lots of smart people

Cons

There always has been 2-3 years cycles of good years and then bad years and bad meaning culture getting toxic as the company tries to do things differently and back stabbing begins

1.0
3 Feb 2023
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Pros

Attracts good people at junior and mid management levels Interesting tech helping to solve global challenges

Cons

Turnover is excessive Micromanagement Lack of flexibility Culture of mistrust rather than empowerment Divisive exec team who exhibit unprofessional behaviour

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