Alliant Energy reviews

2.6

31% would recommend to a friend

(419 total reviews)
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Lisa Barton

23% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Alliant Energy has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 419 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Alliant Energy employee rating is 29% below average for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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419 reviews
3.0
Jun 27, 2012
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Pros

Adequate if you need to duck out of a higher stress position to focus more on family than career. Have not experienced any overt sexism. Low stress with very elastic project timelines. IT consultants are used liberally to do the heavy lifting for the most challenging IT tasks, so you are off the hook for a good deal of the stress and overtime, if needed. Good DBA's and infrastructure support. Good yearly cash bonuses awarded during a year when an executive leaves or retires. On-call is very limited. Some flexibility on work hours... some "working from home" tolerated and not monitored. Woman CEO.

Cons

Your technical skills will atrophy if you stay very long (see consultant note in "Pros" above). Not a very dynamic work environment, teams don't have a strong bond and are isolated from each other. CIO position was eliminated, so IT doesn't have much of a voice with the corporate decision makers, IT very much viewed as a roadblock and expense rather than a strategic asset. IT layoffs are now an accepted and not uncommon management tool to produce cost savings. Severely limited IT training budget. Not many opportunities to develop software, more of a vendor software package maintenance role. The IT strategy is very opaque. IT "Architects" just go through the motions using checklists and are allied with the managers rather than the IT tech staff. IT Team leads are used for HR tasks and don't contribute greatly to technology solutions. You need to negotiate well for compensation when you start since raises are very low and are more across the board rather than merit based. Very Madison-centric vs Cedar Rapids and the power plants.

3.0
May 18, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good location, good co-workers, great industry. There is great potential in this company, economic times and poor past decisions seem to keep it from really blossoming as a great place to work.

Cons

Economic conditions have caused deep cuts in employee benefits, compensation, and development that are likely not to come back. As regulated utility, costs that are not directly part of the utility business of providing energy are difficult to include once they are removed.

2.0
Feb 6, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

~ There are some great people that work within the company and some are happy to assist when necessary. ~ Pay, when I was there, was pretty competitive and at times, may have exceeded industry standards.

Cons

~ TOO many LAZY contracted employees ~ Management does not give the company employees the benefit of the doubt ~ Benefits are not the greatest considering the bottom line ~ Many other cons that cannot be shared in this forum

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