Sluggish and Disorganized - Software Development Engineer II Esri Employee Review

2.0
24 Aug 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Healthcare paid for 100%(as a single person, at least) - Handled COVID well - Good work-life balance

Cons

- I never talk to my manager - We learn about new applications after they've been deployed to production - The company can't keep my team staffed with competent people - There is no discernible vision - Some people, especially those who have been at the company a long time, get away with doing nothing on outdated skills - Production releases are largely quarterly and at night pacific time - If it wasn't clear, there is no central planning just a bunch of people doing stuff that someone told them to do

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Pros

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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.

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