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      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

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      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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      Reviews by job title

      117 reviews
      2.0
      May 14, 2017

      Ineffective leadership, lack of values

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Benefits still include a pension after vesting, 401k match and PTO. Good place to get some experience and then move on.

      Cons

      Lack of career advancement opportunities, leadership vacuum. Management has a disrespectful attitude toward employees and a distrustful attitude toward employees and each other. The workplace has a very unstable feeling.

      2.0
      Feb 28, 2017

      Denver Water---not your best choice any more

      Water quality specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It is great to be part of the organization tasked with delivering safe water to Denver residents. Many of your co-workers will be passionately committed to this. Benefits are still good. Denver Water is best seen as a place to gain experince to use to move to a more humane utility.

      Cons

      Denver Water no longer cares about the rank and file employee. Do not be fooled by the salary range you will be shown for your position, no one but upper management will ever move past the midpoint. In many areas, especially the Water Quality section, reviews are punitive and used to create an atmosphere of fear and intimidation. Accountability is a concept not applied to managers in this section. And please don't expect HR to offer support to any employee who is not a supervisor.

      2.0
      Sep 23, 2015

      You can probably do better

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pension plan. Some amazingly capable employees seem to keep the place effectively running despite itself. Some positions, often in the clerical arena, are very well paid compared to market.

      Cons

      Pay for performance is much more about the manager than your actual job performance. Mediocre management (upper and middle) and each division runs differently, so little consistency. As I've found working in government my whole career, you tend to get really good employees or really bad employees, with not much in the middle.

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