Calpine reviews

No room for advancement, raises/promotions are only given to a select group of employee's which are usually at a manager/director level and above. It is next to impossible to get a raise outside of the annual 3% or less raise. Some manager's routinely earn smaller bonuses/stock awards than other managers which creates tension. You can be promised a raise/promotion by your supervisor and have it never happen when other employee's get them within a month of it being requested. In my group 3 of the 4 manager's have received title changes/raises for doing the exact same work they previously did within the past 18 months yet no hourly employee's have received raises (other than annual raise) during that time. in our group we have one manager who receives the same stock and bonus amount as the hourly employee's but is required to do manager duties and follow the other rules for salaried employee's. You can receive a 3.5 or above on your review and still not get raises. Routinely get different information from HR depending on which person you ask. One person will tell you to do it one way and the next will tell you a completely different way.

1. Promotions are not based on performance-you could achieve all your goals and then some but be rated mediocre. It is very subjective. 2. Opportunities are usually not for internal employees. 3. You are expected to go beyond your job description, leading to reasons that may affect your performance. 4. It used to be a company with pride but now it feels like a factory. Do what you are told whether it's right or wrong.