TVA Program Manager reviews

5.0

96% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)
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Jeffrey Lyash

7% approve of CEO

92% positive business outlook

Program Manager employees have rated TVA with 5.0 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Manager professionals have an excellent working experience there. TVA is rated 37% above average by Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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15 reviews
2.0
Nov 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Laid-back work environment. Decent quality of training when available. Can be well-compensated for little effort (except for Operations personnel and linepersons who perform heroically). Current bonus arrangement is a slam-dunk - if not for direct deposit, I would literally have laughed my way to the bank.

Cons

Suffers from IBM disease; very proud of history, decades behind in some areas, and resistant to improvements (change) that would help performance. Because it is so far behind and resistant to anything new, it is nearly impossible for a professional to exercise the skills for which TVA pays so well, or keep current, in any field of expertise but energy. Middle management was incompetent yes-people, with no strategy for planning goals, execution, or personnel development except to recite talking points. No accountability - middle management prefers to set goals which are ambiguous, subjective, lacking challenge.

1.0
Feb 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits. As of today still has a defined employee pension. The CEO promised recently to fix that...

Cons

Awful Bureaucracy! Extremely poorly managed! No logical way to move up in the company unless you know the right person and "take care of them"... Awful awful awful HR department. Lack of innovation. Non competitive salaries.

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