esri Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great company to work at."

"Company has downsized significantly"

What do you like about working at esri?

"I like proposal work and customer interaction -- day to day variety"

What don't you like about working at esri?

"Company culture was quirky - adversarial"

"Great company. They care about employees."

"Great place to work!"

What do you like about working at esri?

"The people were great. In my last job, I saw the other employees in the morning to give them their jobs, and in the afternoon for their reports. It was nice to have other people around. You work hard, and they matched it."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do your job and you will be rewarded as long as you have your job."

What don't you like about working at esri?

"This company is also construction. When times are slow, they have to lay off."

"Good company, great benefits, flexible schedules"

What do you like about working at esri?

"Flexible hours"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"All employees except IT staff are interviewed by VP/owner but you may not get that far. Be flexible and open to relocating."

What don't you like about working at esri?

"Most of management has never worked anywhere else so things are done the ESRI way and slooooooow to change."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Bring in experienced managers. Give real, meaningful titles. Provide career growth."

"Loved working there. Laid off"

What do you like about working at esri?

"I enjoyed the travel and the people"

What don't you like about working at esri?

"Sometimes work was a little disorganized."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get back into power plant performance testing."

"ESRI was one of the best companies I had the chance to work at...."

What do you like about working at esri?

"The advancement of knowledge in technology was very good. Opportunities were what you made of them, and there were many..."

What don't you like about working at esri?

"I felt like I would eventually become pidgen holed in the product I was producing, which was a product to replace a bad one.... This was something I didn't want to attach myself to."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Although management was really good, the feeling I had with being tied to something was not something I liked. It it was not the intention then I would suggest to remedy."

"The ESRI campus is beautiful. Cafeteria is quite decent. Heathcare is FREE for you, your spouse and dependents. Most of my peers are decent, fun loving and believe they make a difference. Management is in complete chaos and out of touch with customer needs and requirements. The products are extremely buggy. No serious design work here. No advancement opportunity especially for women. Adverse to cutting edge technology."

What do you like about working at esri?

"Casual, somewhat flexible, low stress, average benefits, nice people, decent office"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Only accept the position if you're sure you want the job. Carefully evaluate the questions you are asked and ask direct questions to your interviewers about the culture. You can glean could information in this way."

What don't you like about working at esri?

"Rigid, old-fashioned, did not accurately represent company culture in the interview process or on their website."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make employee satisfaction an initiative. Require managers to seek feedback."

"Stable, low paying, dead end job"

What do you like about working at esri?

"Provides really good Medical and dental insurance. Redlands has a small town feel"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Unless you are given a lead or high level management position, accept employment only as a last resort."

What don't you like about working at esri?

"Horrible corporate management. No employee career development or motivation. Cowboy software develepment process"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get experience working in a company with good corporate structure and employee management skills"

"I worked at Esri during many transitions... from a small company to an enterprise company. Unfortunately, it has outgrown it owner's ability to lead it to the next level. The corporate management is trained (those that have any management training) in old school methods and are afraid of hiring top talent. It is sad to see this once proud company crumbling."

"A financially strong company."

"Esri is a very good place to work with if you are seeking to have a comfortable, stable life and have a strong interest in the GIS world. It is certainly the leader in this industry and it is still rapidly expanding with innovative technologies. The advantage of working here are job security, good work life balance, friendly team. However it also has very little room for most employee to go up and its senior employee has shown to be over controlling in many decisions. I have enjoyed working here but I also understand its overall working environment is hindering my ability to move forward. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good, solid job but not to anyone who looks forward to challenges and great rewards."

"Esri is the largest Geographic Information Systems company in the world with over 2500 employees in Redlands, CA, an additional 1000 in 10 regional offices and software users in 120 countries. The software is great for our responsibility as stewards for the earth and working with sustainable growth."