Xcel Energy reviews

Toxic environment, people cold - not very personable, many rotational assignments so not continuity in leadership, ask for help but don't accept help!

--first line supv. and managers often abused with long hours and no paid overtime. Example: 50 to 68 hours per week are common. --Poor communication from top down. Example: Massive layoff communicated to one plant/location but not the other... and had to find out first via rumor mill before official communication came regarding the layoff. --Significant number of full time employees told to relocate to corporate office or quit. --Pay is good initially, then raises are very small. Example: 1 to 2% raise if your lucky. --Too many examples where the company does not care really about people except when convenient or visible. --Have no problem spending 10's or 100's of thousands on contractors but not invest in employees where it matters (penny wise, pound foolish) --Reward Program that very few management personnel use. Example: My manager never used it for me or my staff. --Union ruins productivity. Example: work takes place for 15 minutes after morning meeting, stretching and pre-job brief. Then it's break time, lunch time and coffee break time. In an 8-hour day, lucky to get 60 minutes of quality work done after paperwork and meetings are done. --Culture where knee jerk reactions have ruined process. Always blame the process and add complexity vs. doing the right thing of changing the behavior (which is harder). --Executive and senior management seem to turn over quite quickly --Changing reporting structure every few years resulting in huge inefficiency --Extremely poor knowledge transfer and retention program