Pros
Based pay for operations, whether in the Control Center or out in the field, is not bad, but it's not great. TSO or DSO schedule is 8 hr shifts instead of 12 hr. TSO rotating schedule allows for getting 2 weeks off for only using 24 hrs of vacation.
Cons
The company itself does not seem to be in the best place. They are cutting back everywhere they can. PPL lineman are still being used on the distribution side, but everything is contracted out for transmission. I wouldn't be surprised if PPL lineman are completely phased out in the near future and it's all contractors. Substation and relay operators/techs are still PPL, but it's been over 5 years since anyone new was hired. I wouldn't be surprised if the substation and relay work gets completely contracted out in the near future since many are approaching retirement. The control centers have a high turnover rate. Distribution Control Center is pretty much kids straight out of college and most quickly realize they don't want to do rotating shift work. Transmission Control Center is a mix of previous operators from other companies and navy nukes. Transmission side reorganized recently and got rid of senior operators and created supervisors instead, hiring engineering who have no operations experience. Because of that, they don't really know what going on and are so disconnected from what is happening on the desk that they really can't contribution to real time operations. The planning department in transmission is on its last leg. Right now TSO's write all the work on the desk and the single planner does the 2 week study. As of right now, about half of the operators on transmission side are trying to leave. PPL will not offer more money to try and keep employees. As employees leave, the vacancies don't get filled and work continues to trickle onto the operators on the desk. PPL put all of it's capital in the electric system and almost none in it's employees.