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
4.0
Mar 2, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Bloom's culture is a mix of the "start-up", hustle and bustle mentality and the busy, but exciting, Silicon Valley work ethic. It is very challenging though very rewarding I feel. It is hard work but an enormous amount of progress is noticeable every day in the plant. Therefore, the amount of experience you get from working here is counted in dog years. The DE plant is only about 3 years old so almost everyone in the facility is "new" to the company. Since it still lingers in this start-up mentality, you also don't have a set role. They can, and will, ask you to do all kinds of things to help, wherever they need resources. This can be refreshing and interesting but means you have to wear a lot of hats sometimes. Also, there is a lot of opportunity for recognition and opportunities to move up. If you are good, you will quickly gain a lot of respect in this company. In addition, you interact with higher level engineers and managers a lot in this company allowing for tremendous growth on your resume. In summary, tough, hard work, and stressful but fun/fresh, rewarding, and never a dull moment.

Cons

You must be tough and resilient to work here. Since there is still the start up mentality, the environment is not as hospitable as well-developed companies. The attitude is not so much "for the employee" but "for the company's mission" much like a patriotic feeling for your country. This isn't a bad thing, just something you need to prepare for as a feeling you need to be able to share.

4.0
Feb 11, 2016
Recommend
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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.

5.0
May 15, 2015

Manufacturing Leader

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great Environment, good pay, great management team

Cons

Long working hours, high pressure,

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