Interesting Industry, Good Opportunities, Poor Execution - Senior Engineer Westinghouse Employee Review

2.0
Apr 9, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of training opportunities if you pursue them. Corporate support and reimbursement for advanced education (MS, MBA) and professional licenses/certifications (PE, PMP) Great benefits (gym on site, great cafeteria, tennis courts, after work sports leagues) Many young employees (22-35) Ability to take-on complex projects.

Cons

A significant proportion of management lacks even the basic competence to do their job and seem to be in their position only because of epidemic levels of cronyism that have spread like a virus. It is quite amazing how prevalent this problem is in certain organizations and it is no secret to most of the workforce. There are many managers, directors and even VPs who aren't even qualified to do entry level nuclear type work but somehow are in leadership positions. These people completely BS their way through everything and actually make up a significant portion of Westinghouse's management. You will sit in meetings and these people will completely avoid addressing the problems because they are afraid of exposing their lack of knowledge and skill so problems continue to go unresolved. Open issues remain open for years and we continue to make the same mistakes and lose millions of dollars. Westinghouse is developing many first of a kind components and building the first nuclear plants in 30 years so this type of organization is simply not going to work. Sadly, I think there will be a Harvard Business School case study on the failure of Westinghouse in a few years. There is a high risk for a brain drain for what remains of the highly talented workforce. Unfortunately, Westinghouse is in a downward spiral.

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