Very bad fit - Senior Engineer Georgia Power Employee Review

1.0
Jan 11, 2024
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Pros

I worked at the Plant McDonough combined cycle. It was a crash course in project management and had a lot of opportunities to get experience leading a variety of teams (capital projects, craft workers, operators, technical staff).

Cons

Stultifying bureaucracy that made it hard to get anything done. Hostile relations between management and union operations staff. Overwhelming workload. Very "old school" hierarchical management style that I did not care for. If you are more of a nuts and bolt engineer versus a project manager I do not recommend working here. The plant had large engineering needs but nothing about the internal systems or culture supported going after them. They wanted us checking Gantt charts, hounding suppliers. and managing our budgets.

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1.0
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Pros

Due to my experience, I don't have many positive things to say.

Cons

Management was not good in this headquarters. I was not very fond of the treatment that the supervisors had towards their contracted employees. I graduated with a high GPA from university and know how to learn. In my first role as a distribution engineer, there wasn't any concrete training available to learn how to start and finish a project from start to finish. I would often reach out to get clarification on many concepts I was unfamiliar with and the feedback I received seemed to be too "exhaustive" for my supervisor to explain. Not only that, but when I sent my jobs for review with the small amount of guidance given, they would belittle my designs due to my lack of knowledge that they chose not to reinforce. In my contracted position, the supervisor over me at Georgia Power held the decision for extending contracts for the contractors. I asked twice if my contract was to be extended in order for me to make adequate plans moving forward should my contract not be extended. Both times that I asked for confirmation, I was told that my contract was going to be extended. However, it wasn't until 5 days that my contract would expire that the supervisor told me that they decided to not extend my contract. It was a humiliating and frustrating experience. I expected more from this company and the people they have placed in positions of power.

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