Peabody reviews

3.7

74% would recommend to a friend

(281 total reviews)
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Jim Grech

100% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Peabody has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 281 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Peabody 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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281 reviews
1.0
Aug 5, 2015

End of the carbon age

Recommend
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Pros

In years past they were numerous. All benefits have dried up and gone away.

Cons

Company is in total free fall with no clear sense of direction other than shed all lower level employees and try to centralize services.

2.0
Jul 24, 2013

Once a great company. Those days are gone

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Average Pay, Good 401K, bonus and benefits. Super plush office space (on the upper floors - for management) and a gym.

Cons

HR is too afraid to promote talent from within. Instead they hire managers from outside the company with the title they are looking for. Most of these people were fired or let go at their previous jobs. Many of them don't last long at Peabody. HR does NO background research on these people. As someone else mentioned, HR is lazy. I have interviewed candidates and recommended hires, only to have HR lowball them and turn the job down. They then go to the next candidate and offer them the position (even though that candidate was not recommended for hire). The performance review process changes every year. It now takes about 80 hours a year to complete, and it is like sticking a square peg in a round hole. It seems that the real intent of the process is to protect the company when it comes time to further downsize. Unless you are hired as a VP here, you will not get promoted to that position regardless of experience, skill, or effort.

1.0
Nov 3, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good benefits tuition reimbursement good pay acknowledge long term employees with an award ceremony on a yearly basis.

Cons

very political will not purchase new technological hardware and software with IT infrastructure focused on making a profit, not their employees middle management does not value the every day employee does not think globally still in the mindset of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality

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