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I work for Esri and it's great. (we do GIS -- geospatial information systems. Our customers include all 50 (US) state governments, like half the Fortune 500s, m
by nwallin 5y ago
I work for Esri and it's great. (we do GIS -- geospatial information systems. Our customers include all 50 (US) state governments, like half the Fortune 500s, most national governments...) Virtually everyone has an office, no open office nonsense. There's no pressure to be a 10x developer or whatever, you just do your job. Nobody gets let go for being a mediocre developer. Everyone's hourly, so if you want to work 40 hours a week and go home, that's fine, or if you want to work 60 hours a week and get 50% more money that's fine too. It is, for the most part, a very chill, relaxed work environment.
The owner is a good person. Big into environmental activism. The big company conference is mostly about all environmental conservation (also we added new features to our product). It's weird to work for a big company and get an e-mail from Jane Goodall at Christmas thanking us for the work we do.
The money isn't great though, that's the biggest downside. But personally the money isn't that important to me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esri
https://www.esri.com/jobs https://www.esri.com/jobs
- nojs 5y agoHow long have you worked there, and have you had any experience with the international offices? I’ve heard a few bad stories and was surprised to see something so positive here.
- nwallin 5y agoComing up on four years. I know next to nothing about any of the international offices. I work on the main campus in Southern California, so that's basically all I know. I'm familiar with some of the smaller remote offices; some of them don't do the "everyone gets an office" thing.
- bogomipz 5y agoI'm definitely familiar with Esri, they've been around a long time. Full time people are paid hourly though? Do people negotiate their own hourly rate or is it set?
- ryantgtg 5y agoI wish Redlands was a little closer to LA! Seems like a cool place to work. I couldn’t believe when the owner bought/preserved Bixby Ranch (on behalf of the nature conservancy). I was a daily ESRI user for years, but my heart leans toward QGIS — yet ESRI will always be in my good graces after that Bixby move.
- gaws 5y ago> The money isn't great though, that's the biggest downside. How bad are we talking?