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      Calpine

      Engaged Employer

      Calpine reviews

      4.0

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (445 total reviews)

      Andrew Novotny/Thad Hill

      91% approve of CEO

      75% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Senior management

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      Calpine has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 445 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Calpine employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Reviews by job title

      445 reviews
      3.0
      Jun 27, 2016

      Pretty reasonable!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits and bonuses are good along with stock plant. Hourly pay is very competitive compared to other companies.

      Cons

      Salary employees are viewed differently from hourly employees. Responsibilities are more accountable for hourly employees vs. salaried employees at plant level

      2.0
      May 28, 2016

      Management needs help

      Administrative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Mostly great people, with the exception of management at the Geysers

      Cons

      Management is unfair and biased and they do not listen to employees

      4.0
      May 11, 2016

      Typical Company.

      Instrumentation
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Coworkers at the plants are good people and easy to work with. Benefits are goodish, but they are on the downward spiral. Safety is a very high priority. Overall a comfortable place to work.

      Cons

      Wages are below average in the SF-Bay area even after the cost of living increase in 2015. Plant staff has to commute over an hour at the minimum to work, because no one can afford to life close to the plants. Budgets at some of the bay area plants are so low that most maintenance can't be performed. As a result of this we just keep putting duct tape over bandages until it blows up and the staff get blamed. Really bad training program for Instrumentation Controls Tech's

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