Pros
Reasonable benefits, fairly good pension scheme and sickness cover. Staff discount on some products and services, sharesave and share incentive plans.
Cons
SSE used to be a great employer who genuinely seemed to care about its employees. All this changed a few years ago when the previous CEO stepped down. Since then the company has started acting quite negatively towards staff, leaving them with no illusions that they are anything more than a statistic. Some perks have been watered down and are not as attractive as they once were, including abolishing long service awards. There no longer seems to be a cohesive strategy and the board are more concerned with shareholder value than customer satisfaction and customer numbers. The company struggles to compete with other industries in terms of salaries. After over a decade of growth the company now seems to be shrinking and management do not seem to be addressing this, instead opting for unnecessary cost cutting measures instead of focusing on growing the business.