Bloom Energy reviews

3.3

61% would recommend to a friend

(457 total reviews)
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KR Sridhar

67% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Bloom Energy has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 457 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bloom 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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457 reviews
1.0
Jun 21, 2016

No more Blooming here....

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Pros

Some really nice and smart employees. That's about it.

Cons

Where do I even start..... 1. Completely mediocre mid level management: managers have no clue about what they are doing. The only reason they were made managers is on their duration in the company, not experience or knowledge. 2. No sense of structure in place: it's almost 16 years since the company's existence, yet there's always chaos all the time. All the smart people who sacrificed a lot of their life for the company's sake left out in frustration. 3. Work culture: this is something which never existed. Anyone is randomly picked and moved out to a different team. There's always a battle between cross functional teams, tasks which could be performed in two days take 2 weeks or even months. Everyone wants to do things their own way, just to prove a point. 4.Compensation: Lies and even more lies just to get people in. An intern in the Bay Area earns more than an experienced engineer here. Bonuses are never paid with some lame excuses like the company's goals aren't met.

2.0
May 15, 2016

Violation Of Visa Rules By Indians

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Everyone works hard but they don't know what they are doing. If you are trying to join this company, you should talk to the engineers here. They are frustrated and they all hate the management including their CEO!

Cons

Bloom Energy is the port of entry to U.S. for Indians. I always heard rumors about companies violating the visa rules until I experienced it here. Every time we asked for resources they transferred the projects to India and hired there, if we wanted to hire here we had to bring someone from India or move someone from there. After that the company applies for their green cards with fake job postings on the Bloom Energy website so they could show that they tried. Many of the postings today are fake. They never send the resumes to the hiring manager or even tell them about the openings. I do not have a problem with Indians. The problem is the brotherhood among them. You see this favoritism over race in site installation group, engineering, operation and pretty much the entire company. I couldn't handle it anymore. If you are not Indian, don't apply here.

5.0
Apr 14, 2016
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Pros

Great company with great vision and future. Talented engineers that foster a good work environment. Exciting and challenging on a daily basis.

Cons

There is a lot of firefighting; however, in the years that I've been there it is definitely getting better. Although bloom offers decent health benefits, pay is not as competitive as other companies in the Silicon Valley and there are no matching retirement plans.

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