SSE reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,461 total reviews)
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Martin Pibworth

53% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

SSE has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,461 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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1K reviews
5.0
Aug 11, 2017

Telesales

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good culture, grounding for sales and future career

Cons

Difficult job and high turnover but no more than other companies

2.0
Oct 9, 2016

Not the company it once was

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Reasonable benefits, fairly good pension scheme and sickness cover. Staff discount on some products and services, sharesave and share incentive plans.

Cons

SSE used to be a great employer who genuinely seemed to care about its employees. All this changed a few years ago when the previous CEO stepped down. Since then the company has started acting quite negatively towards staff, leaving them with no illusions that they are anything more than a statistic. Some perks have been watered down and are not as attractive as they once were, including abolishing long service awards. There no longer seems to be a cohesive strategy and the board are more concerned with shareholder value than customer satisfaction and customer numbers. The company struggles to compete with other industries in terms of salaries. After over a decade of growth the company now seems to be shrinking and management do not seem to be addressing this, instead opting for unnecessary cost cutting measures instead of focusing on growing the business.

1.0
May 15, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Non that i can think of, would have given one pro if we could use the parking on site.

Cons

Bullying environment, stats orientated and unrealistic expectations. Although SSE care about the customers, they dont care about you (staff). Very unprofessional with plenty of shouting around you and playing silly games - feels like youre back at school. If youre looking for a career, dont go for sse as they only pick oit their favourites.

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