Pros
Pay and benefits are good. People are generally helpful and friendly.
Cons
Design engineering at the nuclear plants has nothing to do with classical design. All our design was completed by Sargent & Lundy in the 70's and 80's. We're just maintaining everything. In your interview they'll tell you about all this great stuff you'll be doing, but you'll soon realize that the challenging, fast-paced work environment you desire does not exist at Exelon. Vast majority of work is slow-paced administrative work. Information takes forever to obtain because of the lack of technology. Drawings haven't been updated since the 70's, very little on CAD, no BIM models for power plants, everything is on paper floating somewhere among the countless unorganized shelves, filing cabinets and senior engineer's desks. Management is not receptive of new ideas from the younger generation although they encourage "out-of-the-box" thinking. Nuke plants are dominated by former Navy who bring their military "yes man" demeanor to Exelon management. They are also not very receptive or comfortable with working with women. Middle managers are worthless babysitters and upper management rarely disagrees with the guy above them. Exelon and its subsidiaries are regulated utility companies. There's little incentive to change anything or improve workplace efficiency because of the ICC energy auctions and company budgeting. Have extra money at the end of the year? Why bother updating our out-dated training programs or data management when we can build another conference room with expensive projectors that never get used. Unless you work at corporate in Chicago or Naperville, then you'll probably work in the middle-of-nowhere. No overtime pay. Outages require 6, 10 hour days and no weekends off. Cannot drink or travel one week of each month when you're "on duty" and might be called in.
