Good, room to improve. - Smart Metering Engineer Octopus Energy Employee Review

4.0
Jan 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Growing within a future-proof industry for a leading company. I work within a great team of collegues and with direct managers that will always help. Work gear and van provided. Good perks: pension, shares, health benefits, optional overtime, upskilling opportunities to become multi-skilled. Steady work for life.

Cons

Too many layers of management, slow to promote change and not enough when it occurs. Disorganisation between departments (inc. 3rd parties) that can hinder day-to-day productivity. Work life balance is lacking. Could be better pay for industry. Some elements are needlessly complicated or laborious in job flow.

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Octopus Energy Response
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Thanks for the thoughtful and balanced review, we really appreciate you taking the time to share it. Great to hear you’re enjoying the team, support from managers, and the training and perks. That’s exactly the environment we want to create. You’ve also called out some fair frustrations around planning, layers of management, and work/life balance. As we’ve grown quickly, we are always striving to things less complicated to continue to be able to move at speed, and we know we need to simplify how work flows and respond to concerns faster. Hopefully you will continue to see improvements in this space. Thanks again for the honest feedback, it helps us focus on the right improvements.

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