Pros
In a regulated monopoly with thousands of employees and a wide variety of systems there has to be a few positions, at least for a while, that are rewarding.
Cons
Consider yourself lucky if you end up in a position that is rewarding and has any kind of stability. Enjoy it while it lasts. Can’t imagine lasting long enough at this company anymore for the pay and benefits to create any long term stability for you or your family. I lasted 20+ years before the endless downsizing claimed me. I’ll eat my hat if anyone ever works for the company that long again. Terrible morale is inevitable in a place that is constantly reorganizing. As long as the lights stay on and they stay out of the headlines the management will continue to congratulate themselves with huge bonuses. I may be wrong but I’m assuming if they still had to efficiently run a fleet of power plants it’d be a reliability disaster. But mainly tending to solar panels, wind farms and keeping a few natural gas pipelines running doesn’t require anywhere near that level of expertise. My father was an executive for the company way back when. Could not believe what the company devolved into. That devolution began a long time ago and from the dozens of people I know who used to work there it’s only getting worse. But what does the management of a regulated utility guaranteed a profit care?
