Strong focus on work/life balance and employee well-being.
Pros
- benefits - pension - extremely difficult to get fired - internal mobility; provide you with open opportunities to change your position or group - military style family oriented culture - strong support of veterans and community awareness - prioritize safety and doing the right thing (morally) - innovative relative to other utilities - extremely respectful and friendly culture
Cons
- inefficient - getting into upper management is politics (although for some this is an advantage) - company is not accountable for poor performers unless it pertains to the public (hence politics) - company is usually blind to poor results - prioritize convenience in place of productivity - prioritize seniority over performance - poor employee development and training - not a good place for new ideas (new ideas are risky) - sometimes the emphasis on peer to peer respect overpowers the need for honest evaluations to be made and expressed.
