Pros
Competitive vacation package. Non-management coworkers are an amazing group of individuals. I can't think of anything else.
Cons
This is a deceitful company that does not care about the work-life balance of anyone not at a manager level or higher. Somebody has to work to support 26 executives, am I right? Look at other large companies and see how many executives they need to run a successful company (I.e. DTE with 11). CE has restructured all job families, and now you cannot receive a promotion unless a job opens up and you successfully interview for that job. The only employees who have a progressive path forward are union, and if the company could figure out a way to break the contract, the union employees would lose that progression too. In '21 the company offered up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, which was phenomenal. In '24, they took it away. The pay is somewhat mediocre compared to other utilities in the state. People were hired in as remote employees during '20-'22, and employees were allowed by management to move out of state and work remote. Then, in '23, these same employees were told to come into the office or they could seek employment elsewhere. The buyouts happened in '23 too, and this resulted in single contributors taking on the workload of those that left instead of any reduction in the workload itself. It is written in the corporate policy that all salaried personnel have no minimum work hours... so CE can double your workload and demand that you finish it or face consequences. That's why your job description will have some generic statement about how you may be asked to perform other job duties whether they're non-essential or necessary. Keep your expectations low for additional compensation for all of your hard work because the company believes that you should be grateful for 1% of your yearly salary as a bonus at the end of the year.
