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Portland General Electric

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Feels like home if you are in your 60's - Anonymous employee Portland General Electric Employee Review

2.0
Apr 14, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Great location in downtown Portland, right next to the Waterfront -Salaries are competitive -Pay raises are insane, apparently 2/3 of the company are consistently exceeding expectations -Low stress environment, anything goes, mistakes are not a big deal - everyone makes them, takes an act of Congress to get fired

Cons

-Most of the employees are in their 60's, very unmotivated and can care less about anything - just waiting for their retirement -Even younger folks are turning into sleepy zombies after a few years -Manager are good at their technical work, but absolutely worthless at managing people, let alone helping you develop and grow in your career -People been working together for 30 years and are not very welcoming to new comers -All the training is in the form of tribal knowledge, gotta know then right people to get anything done -Seen people reading books, knitting and even dozing off (!) in their cubes in the middle of the work day -Opportunities for advancement are based on time in the position and not merit Overall - very low energy place with a bunch of nice but aging people, which makes you feel like you are forced to spend 8 hours a day in the same room with your grandparents day after day after day after day....

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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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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