Xcel wants to suppress your career - Analyst Xcel Energy Employee Review

1.0
Jan 25, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Stable environment with OK-ish compensation. Most managers I worked with also hated the company, so at least there's a culture of commiseration.

Cons

Absolutely toxic culture around promotions. For many types of roles, there's basically no such thing as a merit based promotion. You could theoretically have "Associate" in your title forever. You have to wait for someone on your team with a higher title to leave then apply to that position (aka, applying to your own job for a promotion). You'll often find that the "Associate" titled person on the team is a higher performer than a mid level titled person. So what happens? Nothing. The "Associate" leaves for a promotion elsewhere and the team gets weaker. The company has decided rewarding dedicated, talented employees is less important than checking a box that every team has an "Associate" on it.

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great, Lots of opportunity within,

Cons

You have to drive to downtown Denver

5.0
May 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Standard methods, cloud infrastructure, and reliance on in house staff over contractors makes it very easy to implement safe, fast, consistent changes. You will be valued as a human and you will have a voice within this company. You can make a career here. Your coworkers and immediate leadership are all talented and intelligent individuals who actually know how to do the same work you are doing.

Cons

AI rollout and unevenly applied hybrid work made things difficult for employees with disabilities and those that lived far from office who had traditionally worked remote or for tasks that do not lend themselves well to AI overhead

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