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
4.0
Nov 20, 2014

Good company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

This place seems like it has good work life balance. In my particular position you are expected to put in exactly 40 hours - no more and no less. Good benefits once you get a full time position. A lot of great people work at Denver Water. My boss was great though I had heard mixed reviews about others. Most people have been there forever because it is a good place to work.

Cons

Biggest con is Denver Water needs to do better acquiring new young talent. The intern technicians get to do some cool stuff and the intern bosses are great. Problem is the interns generally don't get hired full time after their internship.

5.0
Oct 15, 2014

Great challenging stable job

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Stability, Denver Water and Denver county have sustainable development.

Cons

Advancement. Turnover is low and most employees have been there for over a decade.

2.0
Aug 18, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Job stability is like nothing in the private sector. Wages are on the low end of market, but salary increases are steady and predictable. Tremendous range of technologies to gain experience in, if you are in IT. Flexible work hours and telecommuting are big focuses, even if telecommuting is somewhat frowned upon if you dare use it.

Cons

Dis-respectful co-workers - example, meetings get cancelled, and the organizer doesn't bother cancelling, or even turning up. So much for the giant "respect" banner hanging up in the cafeteria. Takes approximately a year to get any IT projects done. Virtually no disciplinary action for employees who screw up, they just shrug and carry on, no matter what the foul up is - including with paychecks. Unhelpful staff with tribal knowledge. Health care insurance requires you to haggle to get treatment, otherwise it's denied, almost by default. Vacation accrues at a snails pace, and managers have no discretion over it. If you haven't accrued it, you can't take it. Noticeable entitlement mentality, people who simply don't deliver, or even try, think they are top dog based on longevity. Massive application sprawl means that trying to follow process means multiple, incompatible applications required, for no apparent reason. Also leads to amazing amounts of downtime. Weak or no leadership present. Silos and turf wars that show that there is not much unity.

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