Brown nose are us - Anonymous employee American Water Employee Review

1.0
Mar 5, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

They have pretty good benefits and if you are into brown nosing and cloaking the truth, you will go far.

Cons

Too many political games. They hire their unqualified friends who know very little and others with talent get laid off. They hire too many temporary contract people for call center who don't get enough time to really learn their systems so that they can adequately care for customers on the national platform. By the time they begin to learn it, those people cycle out and a new group comes

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5.0
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Cons

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3.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits. Affordable health insurance

Cons

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