SoCalGas reviews

3.9

69% would recommend to a friend

(593 total reviews)
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Scott Drury

69% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

SoCalGas has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 593 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SoCalGas 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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593 reviews
1.0
Sep 15, 2014

Terrible place to work. Don't waste your time here.

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Pros

None. I'm required to place fillers here.

Cons

None. Tax credit hires. Terrible working conditions. Management plays favorite, and promote kiss-but employees. No one is your friend here. Management plays def to employee complaints, supervisors don't know what time it is, they lack basic education, and lack command for the English language. Supervisors lack the necessary tools to reduce overall cost, they lack the inability to improve employee performance, and also lack the ability to do their job effectively. The bottom line is that a high school student with 10 years work experience is trying to do what an MBA is prepared to do, and management still promotes supervisors that worked with them years ago. So the management will play favorite, even though these supervisors don't know what six sigma is even though its free to learn at the firm, these supervisors don't want to learn. So supervisors are just watching out that their jobs are not in or won't be taken away from them. Company is filled with engineers, and these people lack basic human interaction, and can't communicate effectively in person, and majority of times they are rude, condescending, and lack common courtesy to other employees. Employees with true management and leadership experience will usually be fired for unbeknownst reasons, because they pose the biggest threats to immediate supervisors. Managers overly train employees, which reduces employee performance, and even creates employee distractions. Supervisors if your training your employees with anything, let it be relevant to the employees actual work your wasting company time and money.

4.0
Aug 8, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent pay, excellent benefits (pretty decent even for PT employees), numerous job locations across SoCal, union representation

Cons

It is really difficult to make it out of a part time position. Technically, it's based on seniority, but then they have the right to rake you across the coals in an interview even if you already possess the qualifications. Everyone in the company knows it's all about who you know if you want to get across the PT-FT bridge. After that you make FT though it's pretty much based SOLELY on seniority.

3.0
Jul 15, 2014

Its great

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great Learning Experience. The managers are really helpful and patient.

Cons

It can be a lot of work at times.

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