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    Hydro One Reviews

    Updated 11 March, 2018
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    Hydro One President & CEO Carmine Marcello
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    Pros

    • was able to maintain a good work-life balance (in 24 reviews)

    • Good company with good pay (like so high (in 27 reviews)

    Cons

    • Difficult to get a full-time position after interning (in 13 reviews)

    • Little chance of rehire as a new grad due to limited openings (in 5 reviews)

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    1. "Best company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Hydro One full-time

      Pros

      Focuses on safety and effectiveness

      Cons

      I did not see any cons

      Advice to Management

      None

    2. "Summer Student"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Hydro One part-time

      Pros

      Made great connections, co-workers are welcoming and friendly, loved coming to work everyday, and good wage for a student

      Cons

      Wish I had more responsibility.

    3. "A great place to work if you are not too ambitious."

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      Current Employee - Network Management Engineer in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Network Management Engineer in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Hydro One full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Work life balance, great benefits, pension and health plan.

      Cons

      No promotion in place. The salary is a bit low compared to other companies.

    4. "it's a stable job."

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Hydro One full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits, good work life balance, good compensation, stable

      Cons

      Slow-paced, does not encourage growth and development

      Advice to Management

      need to grow and encourage your people to keep the best talent

    5. Helpful (2)

      "Manager, Internal Communications"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at Hydro One full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      The company is in the midst of major change, moving from a provincially-owned utility to a publicly-traded aggregator of utility assets in North America. The CEO was hired to be a mover and shaker. He is highly regarded within the investment community but knows little about the core business. He has a clear vision of what the company will be and communicates this well to the organization.

      The majority of employees across the organization are highly committed and enthusiastic. They want the company to be successful and are putting the work into making the transition outlined above.

      The company puts safety above all else.

      Cons

      Several of the EVPs and a number of the senior management that were hired by the new CEO have no experience in the utility business and don't fully understand many of the challenges that constrain the rapid change they are seeking. The unfortunate perception of many executives and senior leaders coming into Hydro One is that people are old, lazy and change-resistant. In fact, the staff are highly motivated and want to transform the company but regulatory frameworks and security requirements often throttle employees ability to implement change with the speed desired by the senior leaders.

      Advice to Management

      Don't assume staff are slow or incompetent. Learn and understand the constraints of the business before assigning blame.

    6. "Account Executive"

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      Current Employee - Account Executive in Barrie, ON
      Current Employee - Account Executive in Barrie, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Hydro One full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Excellent Working conditions, Salary and compensation as well as benefits are great

      Cons

      Was a culture of it was who you know rather than ability for promotions

    7. "Network Mgmt Officer"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Hydro One full-time

      Pros

      Good working condition on average.

      Cons

      Heavy org structure to make improvements

    8. "PSTa"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Hydro One full-time

      Pros

      Great Benefits and easy going work environment

      Cons

      None that I can think of as of yet.

    9. "I.T. Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Hydro One full-time

      Pros

      Flexible hours, great benefit and salary.

      Cons

      No room to growth. Most people stay on the job for life and since no incentives to move up, staff become very good at what they do but that is the only thing they can do.

      Advice to Management

      Company needs to transform and make working fun.

    10. "Good place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Hydro One full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      I worked at Hydro One Brampton. Pros are

      - Great hours from 9 to 5 with 1 hour lunch and 2 breaks
      - Excellent in-house cafeteria that served breakfast and lunch
      -Different places around the building where one can get away and relax on breaks and lunches
      - Competitive pay
      - In-house radio station to break out of the doldrums

      Cons

      - Not much room to advance
      - Quite a few people were quite haughty or snobby but they were also plesant and friendly colleagues as well
      - Hydro One is up for sale so there is uncertainty on which employees will be kept, quite a few people on contract
      - Work culture where longer term employees will transfer the work that they do not want to do unto shorter term employees
      - Work load can be high especially in admin. roles

      Advice to Management

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