Waste of time - Energy Efficiency Engineer DNV Employee Review

1.0
Jul 7, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None really, looks good from the outside but toxic culture on the inside, especially in the energy efficiency teams.

Cons

One can come up with an endless list here. The energy efficiency sections are essentially run like sweat shops with mind numbingly boring work and slave masters for managers. They will keep you where you are because they need the grunt workers to keep the ship running, so zero opportunity for any growth. Learning stops in a couple of months after you understand how programs work. They’ll take your ideas and run with them without giving you any credit. Micro managers everywhere. The renewables groups seem to be a little better but almost impossible to transfer because managers won’t let you. They’ll make empty promises to get you on board and give you false hope to make you stay. Pay is obnoxiously low, I’m taking an offer elsewhere for twice the DNV GL salary without even negotiating. STAY AWAY, especially from the midwestern offices.

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Cons

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Pros

Culture, work life balance, health benefits, 401k match, sick leave. The work is interesting and the people are great. There are many different business areas, so depending on your expertise, you could move around within the company if you want.

Cons

Silos, career development can be unclear and poorly managed depending on who you report to, unclear job expectations depending on your management, unclear path to progress or promotion depending on management, long term employees are paid less and have not been brought up to market value. The cons are more so related to upper management not advocating or helping their team progress. I’ve had some managers who are wonderful, and others that were not when it came to development. It really depends on the team and the department you are part of. The company is huge and it’s easy to get pushed to the side if you do not advocate for yourself and build an internal network.

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