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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
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pay, development focused, good benefits and supportive peers

Cons

Stressful during major outage events

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Portland General Electric Response
2mo
Thank you for sharing your perspective. We appreciate the feedback and remain focused on continuously improving the employee experience across the organization. -Sequoia
1.0
Apr 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay and benefits including PTO, thoughtful facility to take breaks and breakrooms.

Cons

I wanted to get away from corporate but found myself back in it. While compliance is understandable for this work, the systems they make us use, are grossly out dated making the job way too hard to do even with training. Click this click that 5x, then go back, passcode, it’s over the top and you're not told in the interview, or given proper testing, to reflect not just a “challenging” system, but something that has you working in the dark ages. Our instructor was very hot and cold and projected a lot of her annoyance onto people excited to understand, offering little guidance on expectations, in clear instructions. They say a lot of right things, making you prematurely trust the hype and perks more than the reality.

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Portland General Electric Response
2mo
Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback. We’re glad to hear you appreciated the pay, benefits, and our facilities. We also take your concerns seriously, particularly around transparency, training experience, and system usability. Compliance-driven environments can be complex, and we recognize that our tools and training need to reflect the day-to-day realities of the role. Your comments are being shared with our leadership and training teams as we continue working to improve communication, systems, and onboarding. We appreciate you being candid and wish you the best moving forward. -Sequoia
3.0
Apr 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Mission driven, total rewards, lots of people there trying to do the right thing.

Cons

It's always been a bit chaotic, but there's been a vibe shift with the arrival of the new VP of HR: In a meeting with my team, the VP of HR threatened to fire us if our team didn't answer favorably on the engagement survey. Two coworkers said they heard my manager (brought to PGE by the VP of HR) refer to employees as "peons." In HR, they've started firing employees without going through the performance management process and giving the employees a chance to adjust.

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