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      Westinghouse reviews

      3.7

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (1,379 total reviews)
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      75% approve of CEO

      79% positive business outlook

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      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Senior management

      Westinghouse has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,379 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Westinghouse 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
      3.0
      Apr 29, 2012

      Solid, well-established company, but very top-heavy

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Easy to balance life and work Mutual respect between employees and management Friendly atmosphere Adequate benefits package Experienced and knowledgeable employees

      Cons

      Lowest salaries when compared to similar positions in other companies Same raise every year for everyone, regardless of performance Poor innovation funding in engineering, more money is spent on implementing policies Too many mid-level and upper-level managers Employees are not held accountable for poor, or late, work

      5.0
      Apr 25, 2012

      Top Notch Engineering Company

      Engineer
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      Pros

      -There are a lot of very bright people, many of whom have decades of experience in the nuclear industry. -The Westinghouse brand is well-known and respected. Most engineers are proud of the Westinghouse brand, and that pride carries over to the quality of workmanship. -For a company with "old school" roots, there is generally an open-minded an accepting attitude towards solving technical problems. Of course this varies from person to person, but for engineers who like to approach problems in theoretical space, the technical leaders are generally receptive of such methods, as long as you are able to support your methodology. It is not unusual to pull out a calculus or physics text book when working on a challenging problem. -Engineers have access to a wide variety of software and computing resources. From commercial software such as ANSYS, Inventor, and MATLAB to industry codes such as RELAP5 or GOTHIC, there is a nice array of software available for all kinds of different problems. For more demanding tasks, engineers can also get remote access to a Linux cluster, which is a great resource. For almost any software package, there seems to be someone in the company who knows it better and is willing to help you.

      Cons

      -Work can sometimes be slow for young engineers in the Nuclear Services business. It's often very busy, but between jobs it can be difficult to find somewhere to bill your time. That can make it difficult to maintain a high productivity rate which is necessary for a good performance review and raise. A good solution to that problem is to establish a good relationship with one of the "old guys", who always seem to have more work than they know what to do with. -With Toshiba's (parent company) increasingly aggressive goals for higher sales and profitability, there seems to be a developing trend of cost cutting and reducing perks: profit sharing program was ended in 2009, middle management seems to give undue scrutiny to insignificant expenses, training classes are often cancelled, and the tuition reimbursement program has been revised several times. -Navigating the company's robust system of policies and procedures can often be a cumbersome process. That's an industry wide thing, though, and it's just something you have to live with if you want to work in the nuclear industry.

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