A good non-profit corporation with cultural swings and cliques - Anonymous employee Ercot Employee Review

3.0
Mar 24, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits and competitive salaries; Operational results appreciated by the Texas power market stakeholders for its overall performance in support of the Texas ERCOT power market [Market Participants; PUCT; Texas Legislature; International interests].

Cons

Leadership is shallow in working through breaking down silo culture between business departments. Progress is being made but slow and is hampered by political play between Vice Presidents. There is a need for top management to push reform through the VPs to put action behind words. Management level teams become frustrated for lack of executive level support for creative and innovative ways to use existing resources to collaborate and metric performance across teams in accomplishing highly technical and process improvements. The lack there of leaves the organization subject to potential failures in responsibilities during state power emergencies having to be in a reactive and less optimal responsive mode.

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Cons

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Pros

-From a Power Systems perspective the job provides unique exposures as the ISO operates the entire Interconnection as it's a small island unlike the Eastern and Western interconnections. -Low and Middle management do in fact listen to their employees. -Work culture promotes flexibility and freedom as long as we deliver results. -Work/life balance is generally good compared to other companies.

Cons

-Pay could be better given industry strandard. -Depending on your department lots of after hours working during projects outside the regular job duties. -Referencing the aforementioned con, work/life balance can be poor during projects.

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