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Portland General Electric

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Middle management in Customer Service is exceptionally inept - Anonymous employee Portland General Electric Employee Review

1.0
Feb 20, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The pay and benefits are good. There are some terrific employees (many of which are frustrated by lack of support.). The company believes in community service.

Cons

If you’re a woman you can probably forget getting promoted at this company and if you do, expect to be micromanaged. Not unusual for managers to say one thing to your face and something entirely different behind your back. HR is there to keep the company out of court, not to help employees. It’s absolutely impossible to know who to trust. And if you’re in your fifties they can’t wait to either show you the door or find a way to make you miserable enough to want to leave on your own accord. Unless, of course, you are a somewhat competent male.

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5.0
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Pros

Great place to build a career. There are strong opportunities for internal movement and development, and leadership genuinely seems to care about employees and the culture. The benefits are excellent, particularly the retirement and 401(k) programs. Like any publicly traded company, there is a focus on performance, accountability, and delivering results, so if you’ve worked in an environment that reports earnings and manages to shareholder expectations, you’ll find the pace and expectations familiar. Overall, a purpose-driven organization with meaningful work and good people.

Cons

- company in transition -communication noise

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2.0
Apr 24, 2026
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Pros

The benefits at PGE are wonderful. 401k Match, a healthy amount of PTO, health support, and the pay is top notch.

Cons

There is a toxic culture being spread in Human Resources right now. There is a lack of fairness and trust being displayed by senior leadership. Most don't feel trusted to do their jobs as they constantly feel watched and monitored. There is a view of favoritism happening and it's noticed by many, observing the lack of flexibility around work life balance, hours and child/elder care responsibilities. There are many out on a leave of absence due to these stressors affecting people who were once healthy excited workers. You can see on their faces how people's health is taking a toll. SLT talks about how your mental and physical health is important, but it feels more like a liability. And in the end, there are overall feelings of if you leave, it's totally okay because they'll just replace you with someone they know. And they don't seem to care.

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