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Decent work/life balance, but middle management can be really frustrating - Project Manager Energy Solutions Employee Review

2.0
Jan 23, 2015
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Pros

Time off is relatively easy to take, lots of young, smart people working there

Cons

The biggest issue is management. Like others have said, middle management is not great. There is a tendency to promote people based on their ability to administer programs and achieve program goals. But that means your direct boss is likely to be a micro-manager who is good at task work, but not good at managing people. There seems to be an assumption on the part of senior management that if you are smart you can be a good manager and that's just not the case. These folks need training first. I would also echo the comment that the work can be monotonous.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

The ostensible mission seemed lofty, lots of mechanisms to help employees discuss why a seemingly flat organization is actually riddled with hierarchies and old boys' club mentality

Cons

I had hoped against hope that this would be a dream job, and that is certainly how recruiters try to sell it: great mission with great people who have *great* kindergarten skills. What I found was that there was a lot of lying by the management team, lying on performance appraisals and lying about the lying. I'm not totally unsympathetic: office politics can get complicated and people want to protect their own livelihoods against external pressures. But if you are going to lie about basic terms of employment and your review process, don't slap yourself on the back about the team player that you are.

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