Energy Solutions Reviews

Immature leadership with unrealistic expectations including no recognized federal holidays in the PTO plan, and excessive work requirements that don't recognize the sacrifices people make to work for the company and the mission. Leadership does not communicate well, and is disconnected from the impact of their decisions and poor communication on employees. ES claims "non-accrual PTO" but publishes calculators and guidelines that are accrual based, so that it's clear that "non-accrual" is just a way to avoid compensating people for their work. Uncompetitive compensation and PTO packages. Misrepresents terms of employment. Does not deliver on commitments but expects employees to find ways to make them successful at a very high personal cost. Annual employment contracts set the terms for bonuses, but contracts are not delivered until the employment term is over (in December 2023 for the employment year), much too late to act on, so revealed as a ploy to avoid paying bonuses. I wanted to love working here. Work is never all fun, and leadership must always do things that aren't fully understood by employees on the ground. But the leadership team is amateurish, apparently incapable of maturing, does not listen to feedback, does not reward contribution, and appears to be less interested in the mission than in finding ways to avoid compensating their employees.

Mandated over 40 hours per week with no OT with some BS excuse of "an extra 30 minutes a day helps us achieve the impossible". They tout "unlimited PTO" but then inundate you with a ton of work to the point where you can't really go anywhere, and guilt you if you try to take time off. I was retroactively denied vacation by my manager after it having to be a term of my employment due to a previously booked vacation prior to my start date. Nobody takes lunch breaks and if you do you are given the cold shoulder. False expectations set up during interview and on-boarding process (my job didn't even match what I was asked to do prior to starting). Promotions only happen once a year, so you have to wait until that date even if you are deserving prior to then. No cost of living increase given if you start mid-year. False expectations about job description. If you disagree with management you are seen as insubordinate as they don't take the advice of their direct reports. They don't care about good ideas if you are below them on the totem pole. I could go on and on, but the bottom line is I suggest you work literally anywhere else. Of all my jobs in the past 10 years, this one sits at the bottom of the barrel in terms of good places to work