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Opower

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3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(169 total reviews)
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Daniel Yates

74% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Opower has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 169 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Opower employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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169 reviews
4.0
Apr 8, 2016

Opower

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good people and unique/competitive products with strong focus on utility sector

Cons

few professional people in the back office team

1.0
Apr 7, 2016

Downhill would be an understatement

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There used to be some interesting problems to work on and there are still some very smart people who work there. Base comp is decent and benefits are standard for a tech company.

Cons

The entire company is dysfunctional and morale is at an all time low. The stock price continues to nose dive and upper management is panicking as they watch their net worth disappear into thin air. The recent changes to the company's mission and goals has been poorly executed and caused significant damage across the company. They continue to lose their most talented employees and refuse to hire the most necessary positions. Instead, upper management chooses to hire and promote their friends into useless positions that add no value to the company. They then sit there and wonder why they can't deliver to their clients on time. Career advancement and opportunities are a joke unless you're buddies with the management team. Certain managers continually get promoted with less than a year in their current position while individual workers actually getting stuff done don't receive any recognition for the hard work they do. All you have to do is look at the LinkedIn profiles of some of the managers to see how ridiculous their progression through the career ladder has been. Upper management blatantly lies to their employees and does exactly the opposite of what they tell them. I love how Dan sends a damage control email after the stock price drops over 30% in a single day firmly stating that the company finances are fine and that it is a Wall St overreaction. Before that, he had also stated there wouldn't be anymore lay offs in the near future. Of course, that all ends up being a lie as apparently the finances are not great and they had to lay off a significant portion of their employees. That's less than 6 months after a previous round of layoffs. Thanks, Dan! If you're thinking about joining this company, do yourself a favor and don't. There is really no reason to get aboard this sinking ship.

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Opower Response
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Thank you for the feedback. When you step back, Opower is in the strongest position the company has ever been, both strategically and financially. 2015 marked a record year for our sales team, with massive renewals and expansions by Opower’s biggest clients. In Q4 alone, we closed the two largest deals in company history. In addition to strong renewals and new business wins, Opower also successfully launched a series of new products including NextWeb and Bill Advisor; and completed the rollout of its software platform. Opower is positioned extremely well for continued success. We entered 2016 with a revenue backlog of nearly half a billion dollars, $100 million cash on hand, and no debt. For more on Opower’s financials - see our public investor center website. In the midst of all this success, we’ve taken significant steps to ensure that Opower remains one of the best places to work in the world. Opower recently announced a dramatically expanded parental leave policy—increasing total parental leave to 16 weeks. We also announced an unlimited PTO policy, building on Opower’s already generous time off.
5.0
Mar 13, 2016

Awesome work environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great salary, unlimited PTO (as of 2016), a lot of awesome, relaxed people, but there's still the constant drive and motivation to perform and contribute to your fullest.

Cons

Still a young company - there's been a lot of employee turnover in the last 6 months but they've hired really strong new talent. There's also a good number of veterans still here. So maybe that's actually a pro.

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