Denver Water reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(117 total reviews)
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Jim Lochhead

86% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Denver Water has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 117 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Denver Water 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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117 reviews
3.0
Jul 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, various retirement plans and a pension. People are nice and most really care about the core of what we do.

Cons

You are treated like a job title. People are surprised when you know more than what your job title says and they reward you with more work under the same job title. Tons of meetings with very little accomplishment. There is a struggle between those who have been here for a very long time and have pay higher than they would get anywhere else, versus the younger generations just trying to get a career going and waiting for movement and opportunity to happen. No one is held accountable for their work or lack thereof. People who really should be let go are allowed to sit and retire. The retiree pool is getting bigger than the current employee pool but there are some that never should have been able to retire. You will spend 10+ years in a job before you get a chance to move up and if you don't have a college degree forget it. Some departments bully you for taking any time off.

2.0
Jan 1, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, smart talented employees, great mission

Cons

"Continuous Improvement" program is slowly destroying everything that was once great about Denver Water - organizations obviously need continuous improvement, but the way this program operates is ridiculous and is causing great people to leave; no room for advancement; often employees who identify problems are branded as negative and get a target placed on their backs

3.0
Mar 4, 2017

Wake Up Upper Management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits. Still has a pension. The employees that work outside or in maintenance type jobs are hard working and dedicated. Some people that work in the main building, judge people by their job titles and level of education. Not much trust in upper mgmt. or HR.

Cons

Upper management out of touch with employees. Elitist attitudes are common place.

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