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Great peers, lots of problems - Anonymous employee Opower Employee Review

2.0
Nov 24, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You are surrounded by smart, motivated people, who care about the mission If you can get past the negatives, you are definitely having a positive impact on the world

Cons

Managers don't seem to actually be interested in managing nor do they seem to have an incentive to manage people well and help their reports grow. While there are some obviously good managers, collectively, they are ineffective There are apparently plans to help managers become better, but...there is essentially zero training or support for professional development for anyone else. Career opportunities are very limited and what it actually takes to advance is always in flux and poorly communicated (see inexperienced managers above). If you are not getting promoted, compensation increases are very stingy. There is very in the way of overarching strategy. Every team (almost anyway you cut them) has a different strategy and there is enormous work to get even little things done. This provides a lot of "autonomy" but we collectively have a hard time getting anything through the entire system without heroics. When there are actually major decisions made in senior management, there is a huge amount of whiplash as the reprocussions filter down to the rest of the organization.

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Opower Response
11y
Thank you for sharing your insight – we’ve learned it’s invaluable hearing things from an Oployee’s perspective. Thankfully, your concern about training opportunities was identified in the recent Oployee internal satisfaction survey. We’re actually in the middle of launching a customized management training program, taking place well into the new year. On the same note, one of our primary goals for 2015 is to create and support more training and development opportunities for all Oployees – inside and outside the office – an action plan also triggered by the internal survey. Thanks again for providing your perspective. We truly appreciate it. - Sandy Hynes, SVP of People

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5.0
Aug 30, 2018
Implementation engineer
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone was friendly to work with. Surprisingly well run as a company.

Cons

Not sure how their culture has changed after being acquired by Oracle. Betting it was for the worse.

5.0
Feb 3, 2016
Analyst
Recommend
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Pros

Every day at Opower was inspiring - the people are smart, new ideas are always being brought to the table, and everyone is motivated to do their best work because the company is doing good things for the world. People take each other seriously at work but also have so much in common that you end up with many friends outside of the office, and those relationships range across all levels - I count my old manager as one of my closest friends and will always turn to some of the company's senior leadership for life and career advice.

Cons

Though things settled down a bit post-IPO, I'd still say work/life balance is tough at Opower. People work hard because they love what they do, but they're still working really, really hard. Also, the transition from one primary product line to multiple product lines has been rocky, particularly as oil prices have been tanking and screwing with the entire industry. As the energy world settles out so too will Opower, as long as they solidify their newer products.

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Opower Response
10y
Thanks for your review and for being part of the Opower family for over 3 years!
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