Xcel Energy reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(1,072 total reviews)
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Bob Frenzel

30% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Xcel Energy has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,072 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Xcel Energy 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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2.0
Jun 3, 2019

The lights are on but no one's home

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company is earnestly attempting to do some good things in the energy sector and find creative solutions for being a huge monopoly in an industry that is quickly being taken over by small or individual power producers. Certain (few) departments and units are invested in their workforce and creating a positive culture. Benefits are good for the most part, including a pension that vests after 3 years of service.

Cons

Executive leadership (for the most part) doesn't care about the effects of negative culture on "individual contributors" or personal quality of life. They have no problem running employees into the ground and then berating them for not working hard or smart enough, when they should be hiring sufficient staff for each team and training everyone appropriately. Anyone who questions authority or executive choices is pushed out. There is no opportunity for advancement in certain departments, and when there is those jobs almost always go to employees who are favorites of upper management. Pay is not terrible but by no means competitive. Don't work here if you want to be treated like you matter.

2.0
Jul 9, 2018
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Pros

Good benefits, 401K, Pension along with 17 days of PTO and 5 floating holidays.

Cons

The leadership team is polluted by people who don’t take responsibility for their mistakes, take things too personal when people leave their dept. They form a force together and will gain up on their employees to make themselves look good. Top executives support this behavior and don’t fire their leaders. Gossip pollutes this department spreading from the top down. Analytics tell the truth but the leaders will pull anything out of their hats to deny that they have a problem. Leaders pretend to care about their employees but their actions don’t show it. They overload their employees with work and they on’t provide the appropriate tools and resources for their workers setting them up for failure, and they will leave their employees to answer to tough situations on their own.

5.0
May 20, 2018

Great place to work with lots of opportunity and challenges

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible schedule, great pay and long term stability (diverse energy portfolio). Good people dedicated to the job and the company will try and do right by its employees most of the time.

Cons

Its a large corporation with a lot of bureaucracy and politics that any company has. Sometimes during certain times of year you may have to work long, grueling hours for outages and emergent issues.

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