BAD Leadership - Software Architect Esri Employee Review

2.0
4 Nov 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The campus is alright, and so far the company is stable. This company will be going down the drain so fast once any layoff occurs because noone in their right mind would move to some garbage town in the middle of the desert away from any other career opportunities if the company weren't completely stable.

Cons

No growth no career advancement. The gym SUCKS. Developers are treated like scum. A tech company that doesn't want to be a tech company. Unwilling to pay industry standard salaries so can't attract top talent. Bad, unstable technology because tech leadership is weak. Hourly wages is not benefit when you limit the number of hours employees can work. Times get rough, and all the sudden employees can't even work 8 hours a day right?

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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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