The mission of the company makes it one of the best to work for. Plus the benefits are great. The location is beautiful. It is work you can believe in. The CEO, Jack, is a true visionary of our time.
Cons
Management is not promoted from within, but almost always hired from outside the company. Very few people are part of the 'in' crowd, which means you will work harder year after year but get less recognition. It is very cliquish.
Esri Response
9y
We appreciate hearing your feedback. We agree that Esri’s mission is what drives each of us to do our best work. Our Training and Development team offers a wide range of courses geared to helping our employees grow, and have added several new classes for 2017. Hopefully you were able to take advantage of this great resource while you were here. We wish you the best in your new career endeavor.
Esri pays your health insurance.
A few extra holidays that other companies may not offer.
Cons
-Below average pay for California. Already a struggle living out here due to cost of living.
-Support services is a mess. We have to bend over backwards for customers always teetering on scope of support. Might as not even have those guidelines anymore if it's a constant battle for internal resources to back you.
-Constant releases of software that breaks customer workflows. Too many bugs. Lack of QA.
-Whats the point of middle management if all decisions have to come from higher ups that have no understanding of supports day by day.
-Unwillingness to let senior employees work from home. And if you do work from home they hold it against you if you want to apply to an internal position. Almost like a thinly veiled threat.
-Other teams feel the need to steam roll support sometimes, often leading to fragmented relationships.
-Lastly there is way too much work and never enough people.