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Portland General Electric

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Great Company and even better benefits. - Anonymous employee Portland General Electric Employee Review

5.0
May 11, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have worked for other utilities and this has been the best. I am hoping this will be the last company I ever work for, and I am still pretty early in my career. The benefits are amazing. Feel there is a lot of room for growth, but I also feel I have a great supervisor that empowers me to take my career where I want it to go. There is a great work life balance, and being able to have a flexible schedule is a huge bonus.

Cons

Meetings a plenty!!! A lot of the meetings get in the way of getting work done which can be very frustrating. Not a lot of accountability for people who are not productive, which can be very frustrating at times as there is a lot of work to be done. Workload can be very high at times. Feel like directors are very out of touch with everyone, and have a high and mighty mentality which is irritating., but then the VP's and board of directors that I have met with are amazing, and don't have that holier then thou that I have seen in other companies.

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Pros

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Cons

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