rocky place to work - Anonymous employee Esri Employee Review

2.0
4 Jun 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly people Nicely landscaped One of the only options in the Inland Empire of Southern California some interesting work, and occasionally cutting edge

Cons

Not a lot of new ideas-- Same stuff, sometimes repackaged Hostile senior management. Their political battles are legendary. Senior technical staff are routinely shuffled from team to team in Development, often to pit people against each other. Underpaid in comparison to other software companies Stagnant, stuck in time feel.

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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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