Project Manager - Project Manager Duke Energy Employee Review

2.0
Mar 2, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Duke provides budgets adequate to get the job done. They used to support their project managers in mitigating risks and resolving issues, but this has eroded due to recent acquisitions.

Cons

Play favorites in providing training. Contractor PM's are treated differently than employee PM's. Appears that only women and minorities are offered to convert to employees. Identity appears to trump success in project assignements. Tools to manage budgets are inadequate. There is a lot of bureaucracy and red tape, mostly associated with accounting, to go through to get projects approved past the Commit gate. Sometimes it takes so long for projects to be approved that the sponsors forgot they even requested it.

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Cons

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Pros

Strong job stability in a regulated utility environment, along with competitive pay and solid benefits package. My immediate team is genuinely supportive and collaborative — we work well together and have each other's backs. The work itself offers a sense of purpose given the essential nature of the industry.

Cons

Upper management operates with limited transparency and decisions flow strictly top-down, with little visibility into the reasoning behind strategic choices. The compensation structure does not differentiate for high performers — annual raises tend to land at or below inflation. Work groups across the department are heavily siloed, which limits cross-functional collaboration and slows knowledge sharing and adds frustration.

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