Pros
Ok, the pro's are going to be small here. First and foremost, co-workers can be really cool, or really annoying. Decent food at the Cafe although expensive for the most part. The technology stack is pretty good... but very few people know how to use it and its been pretty much ignored by several large depts. With that said, see the cons below:
Cons
There is a lot of dead weight here. People are NOT held accountable for poor performance, lack of knowledge or wasting of money. In my position, we do not have enough staff to support the workload, although they continue to jam a ton of work down our throats without any thought or care. We get contactors here and there and ESRI makes it very hard to roll them into a full a time job. We have lost some amazingly talented contractors because of how HR and MGT deals with onboarding. Oddly enough, this will depend on the dept and building you work in. There is a ton of drama and re-orgs happening around here. Oh and their favorite word seems to be "value add", however those words are meaningless if you are a manager. We are seeing a lot of employees with 5-15 years, leaving the company. You will see HR on glassdoor run interference with replies when it comes to supporting career growth. The truth is, you may get a title, but you will NOT be paid accordingly. How is that supporting career growth? Its complete and utter BS. Communication with HR and MGT is poor, to say the least. Most people end up doing a job they do not want and absorb more reponsibily without compensation. I too have been a victim of a position change that stalled and went no where, without any explanation no matter how many times i have asked. For that very reason, i have begun sending my resume out and will be getting out of here. Employeees are required to work 45 hrs a week. That 5 hrs is not time and a half, nor is any overtime time and a half. How they have been getting away with this, is beyond me. Class action anyone? There is also a most elite culture here because they are tied to academia through the Unv of Redlands. The reality of ESRI culture is that its a huge liberal bubble over the city of Redlands with crazy speak of climate change, anti conservative views and politically hidden agendas. The company does very little for employees here and slaps the success of the business in our faces by donating 150+ million dollars for a nature reserve under the owners names, not under the company name. I guess they forget where the success has originated from, but hey, that's liberals for you. Employees are not given anything back for the success of the business, yet ESRI cant figure out why people are leaving... Interestingly enough, for the amount of tech at this location, the pay is about 30% below market value for being in the deadlands. There is way too many re-orgs, position changes and just utter drama between medium to upper level management. HR is there in the interest of the business. Oh and before i forget, those of you who will be going through the hiring process here, enjoy your full day of interviews with meaningless managers who are totally irrelevent of what you're going to be hired for. 13 interviews are common, with a stop by the corporate office for your last interview if you're successful. There are a lot of unprofessional managers here, with the majority being found with the M, Q and L buildings. Currently, there is too much drama occurring with the L building itself with a huge shakeup on level 3.