Pros
• Working in the energy sector during a critical period, gaining perspective on supply, demand, and system resilience. • Opportunity to learn how the electrical grid operates and the interplay between generation, transmission, and distribution. • Work on complex audits that are unique to the industry. • Challenging projects that require deep data analytics to identify industry trends and inform decision-making. • Hybrid work schedule that offers flexibility and improves work-life balance. • Occasional on-site events that foster team connection and networking.
Cons
• Excessive bureaucracy causing major delays and increased project costs. Complex approval chains and procedural formality often make routine decisions take weeks or months. • Training promises do not match reality. The company advertises a two‑year ramp, but new hires are discouraged from asking questions and must go through a single gatekeeper, creating bottlenecks and ethical concerns. • Gatekeeping without a clear training plan. Reliance on one point of contact with questionable judgment stifles information flow and slows onboarding. • Feedback is discouraged. Raising process concerns is treated as personal criticism and met with defense mechanisms instead of being used for improvement. • Performative integrity and small misrepresentations like terms of employment and overtime laws. Stated values are not consistently reflected in daily behavior, which erodes trust. • Harassment and poor ethical choices by certain employees that reflect negatively on the one reporting the issue rather than being consistent with reporting process. • Management politicking and bias. Leadership displays internal politics, gossip, rumors, and inflated self-importance, undermining objective decision-making in roles that should be impartial. • Workplace environmental concern. Building air quality appears poor and should be tested; experienced watery eyes, runny noses, and skin redness that resolved when away from the site, possible mold on site.
