Great mission and work-life balance, but complacency can be an issue - Software Development Engineer Esri Employee Review

4.0
27 Feb 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Work-life balance is generally pretty good. They take care of their people, which shows in how many years people have worked there for. Overall, I’ve found fellow employees to be humble and interested in making the world better. When taking into account the cost of living in the Inland Empire, Esri pays pretty well. I’ve had no problems living a comfortable and good life as an employee.

Cons

The length of employment and relative stability can lead to employees getting complacent. And this can in turn lead to being in a bubble to some degree. Being headquartered in Redlands and strongly preferring in-person (during non-pandemic times) work over remote work can be challenging for attracting new talent. Not everyone loves living in the Inland Empire.

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5.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Positive and encouraging team morale

Cons

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2.0
12 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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.

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