Bloom Energy reviews

3.2

57% would recommend to a friend

(458 total reviews)
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KR Sridhar

62% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Bloom Energy has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 458 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bloom Energy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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458 reviews
2.0
May 29, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

It was exciting at first to be working for a clean-energy company making a product that is less damaging to the environment than traditional power generation equipment. They seemed to care about people once I was brought into the inner-sanctum (converted from contract to regular employee). Kept me employed throughout the recession.

Cons

Original core of creative thinkers and doers throughout the company are being replaced with ex-auto industry workers, especially in management. The dream has not been realized. A lot of talk but not much action from these folks. It's all about them and the show they are putting on for each other. They don't care about the people under them and seem to have particular disdain for the long time original Bloom employees. The company is also heavily reliant on contract employees. You can work there for years as a contractor while they dangle the "regular-employee" carrot under your nose. Then if you, by some miracle actually get converted, you find out it really isn't all that, except for the good medical, dental, eye care, etc., benefits that everyone needs and deserves.

2.0
May 16, 2013

Great product, difficult work environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Change the world potential; amazing technology. Some very smart folks around.

Cons

Senior management has no empathy for the employees, sense of arrogance. Scientists sometimes neglect the basics of running a business.

3.0
May 16, 2012

Mixed

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Impressive technical talent. Interesting work.

Cons

No HR standards whatsoever, huge title discrepancies for similar jobs. Some areas are overstaffed, others understaffed. Poor leadership.

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