TVA reviews

4.3

87% would recommend to a friend

(527 total reviews)
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Jeffrey Lyash

64% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

TVA has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 527 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The TVA 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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527 reviews
1.0
Mar 9, 2018

Current CEO has destroyed the culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

None, but there's a five-word minimum here.

Cons

There is a backbiting corporate culture that's spreading to the plants. There is no value placed on long-term employees - it seems like there's a hushed goal to rid the company of anyone still in the old pension system. Managers have no experience in the production facilities, and they don't think that matters! They push employees to have no work/life balance, even though they deny that when confronted. The CEO is an out-of-touch, overpaid, arrogant jerk - who (in his own words) is "just like you, except" he makes "a lot more money and has job security." And heaven forbid that a woman report harassment by a man of any job description! It's going to be her word against his, despite any previous history he might have had. The culture is antiquated and oppressive, and HR would rather blame the woman and shove everything under the rug than have to act.

2.0
Jul 11, 2016
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Pros

TVA was my first job after graduation. The work environment was professional, exciting, and at times, overwhelming. Pros include the facilities (excellent office environments), professionalism of the workforce, work/life balance. Pay was first rate as were the benefits. Really cute administrative assistants too.

Cons

Two really jump out. One ... there was no on boarding process. I had no idea how to navigate TVA, understand my job (is there a workflow?), information to keep up with, or what the job career path looked like? Just a black hole. I learned by doing ... but the process could have been sped up considerably with even ONE DAY of training. Two ... I loved working at TVA but ultimately left after 4 years. The threats of a RIF every few months was just overwhelming. I could not buy a house or make an investment in the community due to the constant threat of being laid off as many of my friends were. (One couple, both recent grads, bought a house ... ultimately declared bankruptcy.) This is just a job killer ... literally.

3.0
Jan 28, 2016

SR Cyber Security Specialist

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great people! Decent pay and good benefits. Really like the mission!

Cons

Stay away from Security Managers Philip Propes & Rob Arnold.

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