Does SSE pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SSE employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SSE. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SSE?

72% of SSE employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SSE 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SSE?

Customer Service Advisor (63) , Customer Service Representative (52) , Project Manager (51) , Manager (43) , Customer Service (32) , Analyst (29) , Engineer (26) , Business Analyst (19) , Smart Meter Engineer (17) , Team Manager (16) , Customer Advisor (13) , Graduate Engineer (13) , Graduate Trainee (11) , Meter Reader (11) , Project Engineer (10)

What are the pros of working at SSE according to real employee reviews?

"Some good benefits with pension schemes and share plans" ((in 102 reviews)); "Great people and learn from different business groups" ((in 98 reviews)); "Good pay and you can buy holiday so you can get more time off.Oh yes you cannot get the time off when you want." ((in 78 reviews)); "Good work life balance and H&S consideration" ((in 61 reviews)); "Good culture and teams" ((in 57 reviews))

What are the cons of working at SSE according to real employee reviews?

"These managers have often been there a long time and have friends where it matters." ((in 40 reviews)); "Lack of a clear career progression and keeping up with competition salaries." ((in 16 reviews)); "Tools not fit for purpose, management covering of workplace bullying commonplace, management data literacy poor" ((in 15 reviews)); "Junior and lower end senior management like to keep information from you in a bid to hold some kind of influence over you." ((in 15 reviews)); "Odd hours, weekends, food not free, no parking, outdated technology, not too many incentives for the staff at the moment due to a cutback." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about SSE layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about SSE layoffs and their outlook for job security at SSE in 2026.

What are the top reviewed SSE locations?

Jacksonville , Saint Louis , Newark , San Francisco , Sweden

SSE reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,460 total reviews)

Martin Pibworth

53% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

SSE has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,460 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SSE 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Aug 11, 2012

Great place to work, supportive and considerate team, good work life balance

Senior finance professional

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company is in a stable and recession proof economic sector. Some of the pros are loyalty to staff, supportive and considerate teams, good work life balance, flat management structure. Intra company moves is encouraged. Job off shoring and outsourcing is discouraged.

Cons

Because of the largely flat management structure, advancement within teams are almost nill. You need to switch job to progress. I guess this is similar to what you'll find in similar sized companies. There is also an element of bureaucracy that you'll find in similar sized companies.

2.0

Apr 30, 2012

SSE Good generally but management level not good

Analyst programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The general people that work there are excellent

Cons

Promotion prospects are nill. Management at some levels bad.

3.0

Aug 10, 2010

A nice friendly company to work for. Managers are easy going and kind. There is a culture of respect.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

family environment good hours flat management structure

Cons

low salary difficult to progress people stay on the same job for ages lack of innovation difficulty in getting new ideas through

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Great place to work, supportive and considerate team, good work life balance

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