Sacramento Municipal Utility District Reviews
Updated May 25, 2022
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Paul Lau
15 Ratings
Pros
"Pay and benefits are very competitive" (in 15 reviews)
"Good Work/Life Balance at the company" (in 14 reviews)
Cons
"No one likes being lied to either" (in 7 reviews)
"Civil service so jobs go to people with seniority" (in 4 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Good pay, good benefits, good pension. Honestly a decent place to work for a career.
Cons
Silos, hope to see that change. Slow to move on ideas, slow to get answer's to questions that effect other's work.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Good Pay and Benefits but the slow pace is like watching paint dry....
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Civil Service job security; Little or no performance metrics related to pay.
Cons
Not a performance driven culture. Success is determined based on who clocks in each day vs. Benchmarks, metrics, project or operational performance. Little recognition is given except once a year during evaluations. Employee engagement issues mostly deal with politics, sloppy management and sub par communication. If you could add back taxes, shareholder dividends and CPUC regulation, SMUD would be WAY MORE expensive than PG&E. They are cheap based on their tax status; which is good for rate payers, bad for employees.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Flexibility, CalPERS pension, community reputation
Cons
As a public agency, too much bureaucracy. Slows things down.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
benefits, work-life balance, smart employees
Cons
execs out of touch with employees, no growth, bureaucratic, talk about diversity, inclusion and equality but don't walk the walk, too many projects and understaffed
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great Work life balance and friendly environment. Great time off .
Cons
IT has risk adversed culture . Your title (manager /senior/journey) limits the impact of your voice . Office politics exist .
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good pay, Good benefits, 401k, Pension
Cons
Bad Maternity leave benefits Lack of trust in upper management, everything has to go through the hierarchy, you can’t just reach out to higher level management
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
The pay and benefits are definitely a pro.
Cons
I guess the stigma that follows security. I'm sure everyone in the agency thinks we do absolutely nothing.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Support of a good team.
Cons
Management and the Manny politics.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good people work here. period
Cons
No opportunity for promotions here.
- Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Salary and benefits are the best part of working at SMUD
Cons
Management and executives love to pat themselves on the back for having a "great company" while they are racist and discriminate against any employee that has a difference of opinion. Staff are fearful and are constantly watching their back while management touts "diversity"
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Sacramento Municipal Utility District has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 170 reviews left anonymously by employees. 73% of employees would recommend working at Sacramento Municipal Utility District to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -2% over the last 12 months.
73% of Sacramento Municipal Utility District employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Sacramento Municipal Utility District 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.
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