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Southern California Edison

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Southern California Edison reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,755 total reviews)
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Steven Powell

77% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Southern California Edison has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,755 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Southern California Edison employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.8 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Jan 26, 2009

I needed a job not a life

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Paid is good. Raises are regular.

Cons

Management dosn't know what they are doing. Too many managers. Most people are just working there looking for retirment. Things will go one way for a while and then change to another. Most of the time things keep changing back and forth between two positions. Nothing ever really changes. When you work there it is not a good thing to go against what a manager says. if you do that manager will make your time there really difficult. There is a big production about intergrity but it is only just a production. A lot of shady deals go on there with contractors.

4.0
Dec 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company (rare are layoffs), excellent benefits, great pay for administrative work, big company with many opportunities. The current group I work in is pretty casual especially regarding dress. Thankfully current boss is really cool and my job has gotten alot more interesting thanks to implementation of the new companywide system. Public transportation reimbursements including shuttles to Metro stations. Management emphasis on ethics and diversity. Profit participation.

Cons

Big company that's too corporate. Needs new leaders and manager who inspire and motivate workplace. There's too much dead weight in the company meaning folks who usually been with company for a while are paid lotsa money for doing hardly anything, they're mostly there to clock in/out for paycheck. But management would rather have the bodies just in case than get rid of unproductive positions all together. Depending on your particular department, your work location can change like the IT folks in Rosemead who got moved to Irwindale. Too much training like the 4-hour long diversity training that seemed pretty useless. Too many un-necessary meetings, seems like a managers time is spent mostly in unproductive meetings. When the new system went live in July, it was obvious many issues should have been addressed and resolved before implementation. Six months after, management is still dealing with issues and processes that for some reason were never figured out beforehand. Not enough people rank and file were involved before new system implementation.

4.0
Dec 19, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

When I first started working there it was really cut straight and dry. You have to really work hard to get ahead and push to show your work to upper mangement. Trying to enjoy working there was hard because of all the older co-workers. If you really want to get some where in the professional world and have a great company on your resume work for SCE.

Cons

The company doesnt have value in the balence between work and play. SCE is about productivity and efficenity. Alot of the mangement positions are all about work work work and no play. Also trying to get a day off for vaction is a joke, you really have to plan years in advance.

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