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4.3

93% would recommend to a friend

(419 total reviews)
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Brett Cope

93% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Powell Industries has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 419 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Powell Industries employee rating is 24% above average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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419 reviews
3.0
May 6, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

decent pay/decent benefits, there are some maginficent people there The greatest testament to quality is in the shop. It is there where you will find "can do" attitude and know how. It is by far the greatest strength of this company. The people are magnificent, hard working, and a little clickish. No matter what, the y know their jobs and are held to a MUCH higher standard than the sales department.

Cons

For salesmen or estimators, or those forced to be both, there is ZERO work life balance. Questionable Ethics - Required to promote products we knew didn't work and quote field services for commissioning systems we knew would never work. Also required to promote systems that were 5 times the cost (initial investment AND maintenance) of normal systems actually made for energy monitoring. Some people will do ANYTHING for a company and some people have ethical boundries that take precedence over company loyalty. I found over time that the former stayed and the latter left. In other words, there is an overly proportionate amount of people there that are creepily, almost sinisterly loyal. These people carry on the Powell "culture".

3.0
May 1, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Very challenging work, I like the challenge and learning curve. Pretty easy once you learn.

Cons

Very aggressive learning curve. No onboarding experience. Sink or swim for new people. Remote work is set up poorly. No engineering laptops, only desktops. Depending on where you work some departments are treated worse than others.

2.0
Jan 31, 2023

Starting pay horible

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Room for advancement If you seek it

Cons

Low pay in the field

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