Invenergy reviews

3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(418 total reviews)
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Michael Polsky

50% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Invenergy has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 418 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Invenergy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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418 reviews
2.0
Oct 11, 2024

Run... don't do it

Recommend
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Pros

Extremely low pay, but the pro is there is not much work to do. The volunteering opportunities are great! Most managers will force you into the office, but there are some managers who will allow you to WFH a couple times a week.

Cons

Don't do it, even if you're desperate. This is the worst place I've ever worked in my entire career. The most toxic workplace I've worked in. They allow managers who have been there for a long time get away with the most insane and rude behavior that wouldn't stand ANY where else. I've seen managers throw their own employees under the bus in front of vendors/internal employees. Most employees will do anything to look good and no one takes accountability for mistakes. I have personally been belittled via email and on meetings by managers in different departments and have been in shock how these certain managers treat their own employees. Managers aren't trained at all and basically give anyone promotions even those with 0 people/management skills (which might explain part of the toxic culture). Senior management is even worse, just doing anything to keep the CEO happy. Even though (they themselves) and all employees are extremely unhappy with his decisions like making every go in 5x a week into the office (with absolutely zero perks). There are no snacks in the office. People are lucky if they find scraps of leftover pizza and is usually gone within MINTUES because free food/free anything is a rare treat. The CEO is extremely cheap and it shows. He just wants to see butts in seats and thinks productivity is going into the office. The office is extremely drab and depressing. Zero team building initiatives or fun company parties. Basic feminine products are not supplied. An employee purchased/supplied tampons in the bathroom (instead of the company purchasing and supplying).

1.0
Mar 20, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-You will work with some of the best and smartest people that you will ever meet -The work can be interesting, but be prepared to be overworked -It is a well known company within the energy industry and a good place to get started

Cons

-Pay is low compared to competitors and you need to basically hope you never have to use your health insurance -You get a decent amount of PTO days but that includes your sick time for the year and they provide a limited number of holidays off in comparison to just about every other company -The company is very top heavy and it will never cease to amaze you the sheer number of VPs, SVPs, and EVPs that exist. With that being said, actual leadership within the company is lacking to say the least because they care more about their own pay and status than the wellbeing of their employees. Senior leadership is also made up of predominantly older white men that collectively lack a single original thought of their own and are simply there to enforce the wishes of Michael Polsky -They do not value any sort of work life balance and at the insistence of the owner have eliminated the previous hybrid WFH policy. Their old school way of thinking still equates productivity to seats in a chair unless of course they need you to work long hours to complete a task - only then is it perfectly acceptable to log on nights and weekends from the comfort of your home -You are seen and treated as replaceable, even if you are a top performer -They grew too fast and hired too many people and now they are trying to force people out or lay people off (we haven’t forgotten about the NY office yet have we??)

2.0
Aug 24, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Convenient location in the loop by both Union Station and the subway. -There is a lot of potential in the energy market for Invenergy to continue to grow. -The Company is well funded by partial owners Blackstone and the Renewable Energy Act. The threat of this private company being sold to a new party is very low. -The Technology department is very transparent about progress, projects and praise within the group by way of quarterly meetings.

Cons

-Work from home regulations have been slowly stripped away. Any job currently posting as a hybrid job in Chicago will most likely require you back into the office fully within a year. -You will go through at least five interviews with multiple departments you may rarely interact with. -The company has a high turnover. Me and one other person were hired to our team of 6 in October of 2021. We are now in August 2023 the most senior members of the team aside from our department manager who hired us. -Your manager on hiring will not necessarily stay with you after a year or more. Multiple middle managers are being hired and input from teams addressing concerns are not taken into consideration. -There is a major disconnect between department managers and upper management. i.e. Upper management met with our department for input on WFH. We addressed the happiness with the current system and its work life balance. That very day an email went out regressing the weekly 2 off/3 on site schedule to now being 6 days a month. -Managers will not fight for you. Any concerns are met with deft ears as they state they want your feedback but will constantly state their hands are tied. -I began work as a contract to hire and I regret being hired on full time. As a contractor you have the power to govern yourself more and I highly recommend it. -On the point of contract versus full time. They use a yearly bonus system to incentivize you to stay on. This will be about 8-10% of your salary but it is taxed HEAVILY. Also your yearly QoL raises will be around 3-4% at most. You will not get the bonus as a contractor but QoL raises will be addressed at the end of contracts. -There are constant space issues. It is a growing company and they are trying so hard to get you to come into the office. However, you will more than likely be stuck with hoteling your desk or just trying to find space to use your laptop for half a year or more. The company has doubled down on leasing more space in the corporate office instead of allowing WFH but it is not planned for completion until 2024.

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