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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
3.0
Jul 20, 2021

Still decent place to work overall.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They still have decent benefits. Allowed work from home during COVID. More cutting edge than other utility. Volunteering is important for customer engagement.

Cons

Too many competing performance goals.

2.0
Jul 15, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fair pay and good benefits.

Cons

The culture is terrible. The company loves to say there is room for advancement but if you start as a lower-level employee that's all you'll ever be seen as, even as you move up. Old white men/good ol' boys still rule the culture (and are managers) in most departments.

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Portland General Electric Response
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Thank you for sharing your perspective. It’s disappointing to hear, as this is not the experience we’re striving to create. We are committed to a diverse workforce, and in the past year, half of our new hires identify as BIPOC and nearly half identify as women. We’ve also launched development programs for women and BIPOC employees to diversify our leadership and provide additional opportunities for underrepresented employees.
1.0
Jul 4, 2021

Toxic CEO and Culture

Recommend
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Pros

Pay and benefits are good. Focus on green energy seems quite solid. Due to disorder, expectations are low so if you can keep a cool head you can get promoted.

Cons

Sexism, Racism, and people constantly melting down. The stress is so high even good people are cracking. CEO focuses on fires, fancy technology spend and cost cutting. Long term objectives are talked about but not implemented. Now hopelessness is our plague. Our employee survey results are depressing. Everyone is so afraid of being attacked that people will not work together. Leadership team needs to be strategic and tactful. We have challenging times due to changes, but we need to step it up and resolve the root issues.. People are dropping like flies. Every week someone else is quitting no matter if they have been here 20 or 30 years. This should be a wakeup call but is not because upper management owns the toxic work environment. I hope we can serve Portland and our employees, but this is not possible with our current leadership. The CEO needs to go.

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