Xcel Energy reviews

3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(297 total reviews)
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Bob Frenzel

33% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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2.0
Jul 12, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

There is potential to have a good work life balance and a decent bonus. Pay-scales and PTO are great. Benefits such as the adoption fee compensation/ College reimbursement/ Gym compensation.

Cons

- There are very few decent managers. A number of directors/ managers are promoted without the proper qualifications (i.e. didn't actually work in previous position, no people skills, no proper management experience etc.) - Upper management cut everyone's bonuses and replaced it with an "iDeliver" award that has created hostility among co-workers as most of the individuals who have received it did not earn it fairly. - There is little to no communication from upper management about the things in the company that actually matter. - Month End Close is stressful beyond other typical month end close processes at other companies. - Nothing in SAP works, so 75% of your job is troubleshooting/ requesting enhancements. - Most co-workers are pretty hostile about training, because they want to have job security, so there's a huge knowledge gap on most teams. New hires (people who have been there for 0-3 years) are trying to remedy that, but most managers let older team members get away with murder because they "need" them. - Huge favoritism/ bias towards older team members, even though they refuse to learn new processes and refuse to train. - Many jobs are getting cut to save their budget, so there is very little growth opportunity.

4.0
Jun 1, 2018

Operations Supervisor

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The pay and benefits are great.

Cons

Management doesnt provide great tools for supervisors to implement and manage company policies.

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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