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
5.0
Feb 25, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

If you work at an established company where all processes and systems are already set up and running smooth and you feel like just a number in the system, Bloom is for you. Every project you work on has a direct impact to the company. Entrepreneurial culture. No one says “No, we can’t do that”, we say, “I don’t know how we are going to do that, but let’s figure it out!” Management in DE has vast experience in manufacturing, and very good at teaching and challenging the team. Exposed to (and expected to be involved with) a lot outside of your normal work area (engineering, finance, operations, supply chain, HR, etc.) Younger work force, feels like you are working with all your friends rather than just “co-workers” (a team and family culture). I am getting to do things I never thought I would have an opportunity to do in my career, with the setup of new facilities and manufacturing processes and systems. Must be willing to roll your sleeves up to get things done, but the job satisfaction and opportunities are sky high. Company is on the cusp of breaking through to something great, and opportunities and challenges are endless in Newark.

Cons

No 401k match, many late meetings with California team

4.0
Feb 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great customers, repeat customers, product is real and shipping and works, short time between idea for how to solve a problem until you can test and ship it. Can use your technical skills to the fullest every day.

Cons

Management decisions regarding orgainization are more geared to who has been there the longest instead of who is more competent. If you are exceptionally talented, management won't totally ignore you, but if you are a regular engineer, you've got to be a friend of the department head to have influence and be listened to. Difficult to move between divisions.

2.0
Jan 24, 2016

Leaving Bloom Was the Best Career Move I've Made

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent benefit package, flexible work schedule, and in the rare (and I mean really rare) occasions where everyone is not in firefighting panic mode, creative side projects are encouraged.

Cons

Working at Bloom Energy is like being in a bad romantic relationship. While you’re in it, you’re constantly trying to convince yourself that it's not so bad, that the other person will change, that everything you’ve invested isn’t in vain, and that things will get better. Once you get out you’re just like “That sucked! Why the hell didn’t I do that YEARS ago!” To be fair, I really enjoyed working at Bloom when I first started -- it was a great work environment, people were really smart, creative, collaborative, and friendly. It was a place where the best ideas won and it didn’t matter if you were an intern or a PhD with 20 years of experience. On top of that the pay was alright for a start-up, the stock options were plentiful, and the benefits package was great. Unfortunately, as Bloom grew things seemed to get political and deteriorate fast. Infighting became rampant, different teams started trying to sabotage each other, and things like normal engineering review meetings would always become finger pointing matches. Firefighting was the norm and instead of trying to prevent the fires, we started to celebrate the firefighters. I had hoped that these were just growing pains, but things seemed to always get worse. Eventually, it got to the point where it was almost impossible to get anything done. As the hope of an IPO faded and budgets got smaller and smaller, the infighting and stonewalling reached epic proportions. Morale was abysmal and It was impossible to get lunch or grab a drink with coworkers without it become a total bitchfest. By the time I left, almost all the hard working and talented engineers that I truly respected had already left the company in disgust. Instead of addressing all the issues the company was facing head on, management was always trying to paint a happy picture. Everyone saw through the BS and morale seemed to sink lower. I really wish Bloom the best of luck and I hope they can make it to IPO one day, I just don’t think they’ll get there without some drastic changes but unfortunately it seems that no one there wants to make those changes much less even start talking about them.

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