Stay as far away as you can - Project Manager/Consultant Esri Employee Review

1.0
31 Jul 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Most people working here don't care, so if you have any motivation you can feel like you are getting things done. However, everything else about the company is so toxic that this benefit nets out to a zero or a negative.

Cons

Salary is well below industry and local area standards Raises are practically non-existent, and if you do get them they are often barely at the rate of inflation There is absolutely no path for advancement—you will rot in the job into which you were hired There is no employee development: yearly reviews and development plans are systematically ignored; training is practically non-existent, both internally and externally; there is practically no funding to participate in conferences or professional development events Management is both incompetent and abusive Campus atmosphere is stifling; it's a well-manicured cube-farm, but that doesn't make it any less of a cube-farm I could go on and on

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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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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