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      Duke Energy reviews

      3.9

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (2,070 total reviews)
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      Lynn J. Good

      74% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      Duke Energy has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,070 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Duke 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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      2K reviews
      1.0
      Mar 21, 2016

      Crooked Company Executives

      Engineer ii
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good 401k plan that will match you 6%. Paid holidays. Good training classes are offered to get qualified. Plenty of things to learn

      Cons

      Once Duke bought out Progress Energy, the corruption begain in full force. The legacy Progress Energy CEO (Bill Johnson ) was now in charge of Duke. However, that was short lived and lasted less than a day. The company released him and gave him $44 million dollars. This was all over the news with a multitude of negative criticism. Fast forward in time which brings us to our new CEO Lynn Good. During 2014, the Dan River Coal Ash spill occurred which had significant repercussions and legal fines. During the year 2015, the CEO'S salary more than doubled along with several substantial increases to the executives salary. All can be easily found doing a Google search. The first day of 2016 the company invoked a substantial cap on the amount of overtime hours you can get paid for when supporting planned or emergent plant outages. This was a new policy the executives enforced to save the company money. In addition, several non executive positions have been cut and will not get replaced. Be warned...

      1.0
      Apr 6, 2015

      The organization leadership is poor at best

      Senior project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Relaxed atmosphere with minimal accountability and expectations

      Cons

      Leadership throughout the organization is not the best. Individuals are placed in roles without experience or knowledge. Most managers have never been trained to manage.

      4.0
      Jan 9, 2015

      Wait 5 years

      Business analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The entire industry is on the brink of changing. Everything will be different, which is extremely exciting if you like solving problems. This company is well slated to tackle the US regulated utility market. No matter what you want to work on, Duke probably has it. Company is ready for HUGE growth in the next few years, which means huge opportunity.

      Cons

      Old people run the show, so if you like using a 1970's thinking model, this is your place (this is not sarcasm). If you like progressive thinking and innovation, wait 5-10 years. Over half the company can retire in 5 years. The older generation is backing up the pipeline for personal promotion and advancement, which hurts the company. They don't understand global environments. The new CEO cut ties to international organizations. She has no vision for what growth looks like in the 21st century--too small of a thinker.

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