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      Bloom Energy

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      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

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      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
      2.0
      Jul 23, 2021

      Great People, Bad Processes

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people at lower levels who directly help make the company's wheels turn are excellent. Great learning experience for what to avoid in future roles. Rewarding mission.

      Cons

      Management is poorly trained and stretched thin. Most Senior Managers, all the way up to Senior Directors, are doing scrappy work instead of developing the internal processes needed to streamline teams and workflow. Upper management (C-level and above) are WAY too involved in the peanuts and not the pie. They don't trust their directors to lead teams and end up meddling in decisions that they should trust their directors to handle. Too many oddball requests come down the pipeline from c-levels that completely stalls days or even weeks of work - and directors just take it. Efforts to set goals and hold people accountable are nonexistent High turnover in a niche area of expertise. Cultural values are nonexistent because upper management doesn't prioritize employees. Morale is very low.

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      Bloom Energy Response
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      We thank you for the review and appreciate the constructive feedback. We welcome you to get a 1:1 with any senior leader to express your views so that we can address directly where possible. Your feedback is important and appreciated.
      3.0
      Apr 30, 2020

      Depends which team you work for

      Staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are some great managers and brilliant/talented people here. I've had the chance to learn a lot from exceptional engineers and great leaders. Within Product Development, there are lots of exciting, forward thinking projects going on. If you have the right manager and director, you will be well supported. If you don't, transferring within the company is pretty accessible, but you'll have to take the initiative to make it happen yourself. I happen to have a great manager, and my former VP was very supportive each time I asked for a career change. The leadership in my group has been very flexible and accommodating every time I've asked for a change either to my role or to my schedule/work situation. For example, shifting your hours so that you can be home with your kids or to improve your commute is accepted within my team. (This is not necessarily the case for all departments at Bloom.) I've always been given control/choice over what types of projects I work on and where my career path is headed. While the Product Development team (and Engineering overall) is majority male, I've always felt supported as a woman in an engineering role. We could certainly use more women in Director and VP roles within the Engineering Department, but overall I think the culture is supportive of women.

      Cons

      Organizationally, Bloom is kind of a mess. Leadership is a mixed bag. Bloom insists on charging forward without streamlining our processes, which leads to lots of wasted time. While we have some excellent Directors, VPs, and Execs, we also have a few that just aren't good leaders. There often isn't clear delineation of roles and responsibilities. Some projects/tasks have too many cooks in the kitchen. Others are neglected completely because nobody thinks it's part of their job description. Our documentation and recording processes are clunky and hard to use. It can be hard to track down simple manufacturing or installation info.

      4.0
      Sep 30, 2019

      Good Product Bad CEO

      Supply chain
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The product works and has lots of growth opportunities in this market. People are friendly.

      Cons

      Everyone hates the CEO. No one believes in the management anymore. In my first all hands the CEO was talking about going public at $100 per share, in my last all hands he was trying to blame everyone else for the stock price which is at $3 now.

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