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Portland General Electric

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Portland General Electric reviews

4.3

82% would recommend to a friend

(415 total reviews)
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Maria Pope

86% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Portland General Electric has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 415 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Portland General Electric 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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415 reviews
5.0
Nov 2, 2015

Project Manager

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Pros

Pleasant people to work with. Good environment. Respectful and dignifying leadership. Great culture. No large layoffs.

Cons

Workload varies and at times can be overwhelming due to large amounts of retirements. The 80/20 rule applies in some areas (20% of the employees do 80% of the work). However, the 20% are usually recognized with the many career advancement opportunities.

3.0
Sep 30, 2015

Portland General Electric

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

PGE is a family friendly, congenial place to work. Everything is relationship driven. The company also has very generous benefits packages.

Cons

The relationship-drive culture is nice in many aspects, but it also can be problematic. Accountability is low, things take longer than they should to get done, poor performers aren't fired. The good news is that these problems are understood by senior management and they are working to improve.

3.0
Aug 26, 2015

PGE review

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Pros

Excellent people work there. Most are competent, passionate, and hard working. It was a real pleasure working with them. This company also has a pretty clear demarcation between departments. There's not much confusion about who is responsible.

Cons

This company is becoming very corporate. Their desire to increase shareholder return often sacrifices employee welfare. There is not much concern about losing institutional knowledge, as the family-like culture that used to encourage loyalty and stability has faded. Now they're just another company.

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