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      4.1

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (1,038 total reviews)
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      Chris Womack

      88% approve of CEO

      84% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Senior management

      Southern Company has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,038 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Southern Company 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
      Jun 10, 2017

      Electrical Engineer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The best part about this company are their working environments. Pleasant, relaxing, and enjoyable atmosphere. It's not an accident, they build their environment from upper managements down over the years. Second best, 401k match 5.1% for 6% contribute plus a great pension plan. Third, annual bonus averaging around 15%. The higher your paygrade the higher the bonus. Decent annual pay increase every year, but base on performance.

      Cons

      Advancement opportunity are limited. Not everyone can or will be a manager, same as in technical. Salary pay is average, that's the company policy. Not to underpay or overpay in any paygrade, fair is the term. These might not be a bad thing.

      4.0
      Jul 25, 2016

      Great retirement job

      Mechanical engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      has a pension and a 401k, good pay especially at the nuclear facilities. dental is mediocre, health care is good. all benefit time is good, lots of time off for parents with babies. This is generally a boring safe job very similar to their stock. you shouldn't plan to go anywhere fast.

      Cons

      S. Ga is an aweful place to live. high heat, gnats and churches. Nothing against church but if you want to move up you better belong to or marry someone from the same church. If you are an outsider you will not be interviewed for advancement. Fried chicken, lots of it and no other choices.

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