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Opower reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)
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Daniel Yates

74% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

3.4

Compensation and benefits

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3.0
Nov 16, 2014

Great mission, smart people, but unpredictable/volatile company and culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pros: - Probably the "coolest company" in Virginia if you're looking for a Google-esque company culture - Fairly high hiring bar, so you're working with bright, talented people (just ask us) - Can be a good place for career growth if you're lucky - If you're passionate about energy efficiency, Opower's mission will motivate you - My compensation is competitive, and additional stock bonuses are a nice plus

Cons

- A "figure it out for yourself" mentality - I've learned how to think independently, but I do think I could benefit from some formal training. - Volatile work environment: I've been pretty fortunate at my time at Opower, but others haven't been as lucky. Business needs are constantly changing - for some people, this means promotions, and for others, it means "position eliminations". Sometimes, it seems like we just "try things out" before really thinking things through. - No 401k matching - They tell you you'll have a flexible work schedule but working from home is actually frowned upon - Meetings, meetings, meetings. Just...so many painful meetings. - Lack of funds. It seems like lately we're in a cost-cutting phase and it's difficult to get the funds for new tools and headcount.

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Opower Response
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Thank you for leaving us a review and sharing your perspective. It sounds like there are a lot of things you love, although you have a few concerns. In the last couple of years, we’ve experienced rapid growth and one of the most important things to us is maintaining our company culture, especially throughout our recent IPO. One of the People team’s main priorities in 2015 is to launch a management training program, as well as an initiative to further support all Oployees continuous learning – inside and outside Opower. We are also taking your other concerns to heart. I will be sure to pass along your feedback to senior management and the People team. - Sandy Hynes, SVP of People
4.0
Oct 19, 2014

Talented people, horrible compensation

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Opower is a fun place to work and has a great mission. The work is challenging and the fast-paced environment is never boring. As the company has grown, it has been great to help scale its operations and shape its growth.

Cons

Salaries are nowhere near competitive, and opportunities for career growth are limited. Opower is losing some of its best talent to higher salaries and better work environments at a fast pace. The lack of 401K combined with laughable pay will continue to drive people away. We invest a lot of money into teams meant to help us improve efficiency, however all they do are add bureaucracy and frustration. In order to improve efficiency, Opower should invest in training and time for tooling and automation rather than another way to measure throughput.

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Opower Response
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Thank you so much for sharing your perspective. It's good to hear you're enjoying fellow talent and Opower's double bottom line mission. Thankfully, compensation was identified as an area of interest in the recent internal Oployee survey. The People Team is putting together a schedule reviewing competitiveness of our compensation and will be sharing our philosophy shortly. Thanks again for leaving the review and for your dedication to Pluggie.
3.0
Oct 14, 2014

Wasted potential

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Opower has high hiring standards in most areas, and it's nice to be around so many talented people. It's also a company where people become close friends with their coworkers. The mission is legit. You feel like your work is meaningful because it saves people money and reduces carbon emissions.

Cons

Compensation is always the lowest possible amount HR thinks they can get away with. People get huge counteroffers, and most of them leave anyway because they were insulted. Of course, if management and HR thinks they can string someone along with the promise of a possible raise in a few months, they'll do that instead of a firm counteroffer. Always the lowest compensation possible. The CFO runs the company and refuses to invest in R&D. Teams go underfunded, maintenance gets neglected, quality slips in embarrassing ways, revenue is lost, and then there's a bunch of meetings where management thinks really hard about how to solve all these problems in ways other than hiring people to work on them. There are armies of people at Opower who analyze processes and organizational efficiency, though.

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Opower Response
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We appreciate your feedback and are sincerely sorry to hear you feel this way. Fortunately, the concern about compensation was identified in the recent Oployee survey and an action plan is already in the works. We are going to provide more transparency in our compensation programs by putting our philosophy in writing and addressing areas where adjustments need to be made. Our goal is to share it by the end of October. Also, we appreciate your perspective on R&D and have shared it with company leaders. Thank you for your review and most of all, thank you for being an O and supporting our company mission so strongly.
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