Scam, terrible to contractors - Tech Writer Puget Sound Energy Employee Review

1.0
Jan 9, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Pay rates are good for contract work.

Cons

Puget Sound Energy hired me as a tech writer in 2022, to write a tech manual for them. I finished in 2 months. I had been contracted for 6. Rather than pay me for the rest of the contract, they let me go at Christmas. I spent five months looking for work, found it with Google, then PSE came back and offered me a new job for more money than Google offered. I accepted, and they strung me along all summer while they negotiated my contract, never onboarded me and then collapsed the position when they went over their budgets. It cost me thousands of dollars and a job at Google. Do yourself a favor, don’t work with PSE, don’t trust them.

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5.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

Love the people, great life balance, very interesting work

Cons

Salaries aren't as high as in tech, where many people in the Seattle/Bellevue area work, although benefits are fantastic

4.0
Jul 20, 2026
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Pros

Work life balance. Hybrid work. Health benefits

Cons

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