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
4.0
Jul 23, 2015

Operations

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great Pay and Benefits, especially for the area.

Cons

The people who actually put power on the grid (i.e. maintain the revenue stream) are not valued by upper management, because they are highly compensated. Money keeps a lot of dissatisfied people employed, therefore there is a negative culture on the operating crews. Operations works under a microscope from multiple fronts. Multiple times a day you get tasked with fixing deficiencies that are not under your control to prevent, always with a back story of you allowing low standards to prevail. This often comes in the forms of an e-mail, with a picture of something somebody saw in the plant. It gets old, especially when you are generally very busy keeping up with federal requirements. People who fail out of initial license training don't get paid as much, but have much greater upward mobility than those who earn their license.

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.

3.0
Mar 22, 2024

Things Are Going Downhill FAST

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work schedule. Good pay. Interesting work.

Cons

Managers are not trustworthy and lack integrity. Managers do not walk the talk.

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