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Tri-State Generation and Transmission

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Network operation is a joke... - Anonymous employee Tri-State Generation and Transmission Employee Review

1.0
Aug 30, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits. Compensation. Energy hardly has trouble in any economic situation.

Cons

No teamwork. Company is very traditional and conservative in its ways primarily because older people work there and are from rural areas. People have been there so long, nothing changes because they do not know what exists on the outside. You cannot make suggestions to change things; they are very set in their ways. Cannot move up based on performance or skillset because of politics. Lots of backstabbing. Very disrespectful. Things are done very inefficiently because employees do not update their skills and do not have an idea how to properly implement an infrastructure. Money is spent on products and technologies that do not end up being used because the employees do not know how to implement those products. People are there that are so close to retirement and need to move on; they are so checked out that management is non-existent in the network dept. Management is unapproachable and are more concerned about tee-time with VIP (state officials and politicians) Infamous co-op management.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 7, 2026
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Pros

Good benefits. Hard to get fired. Opportunities to learn if so inclined. Some great lower level people who make the place go. Find a manager and play the political game. You won’t have to work. Some employees have light workloads and can get away with not doing much

Cons

Upper management is disingenuous. HR takes the side of management in all matters. Political environment with cliques. Dysfunctional practices and an inability to hear feedback. Self defeating practices. They increased the amount of upper management by maybe 50% during Highleys tenure while cutting down on employees and benefits to cut rates which did not happen. No pension for new hires. Have lost numerous members due to exits and more have announced. They plan to supplement loss of members to serve data centers. Overall not a good recipe for success

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