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Executives in Charge of Operational Finance have Issues - Anonymous employee Southern California Edison Employee Review

2.0
Aug 22, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

This once great company is undergoing fundamental change driven by industry, political, and technology pressures and changes. Salaries and employees benefits are still better than market average.

Cons

Executives in charge of Operational Finance (formerly Planning and Performance Reporting) are major part of the problem, not part of the solution. In 2013, Executives in charge of the centralization of a previously distributed finance department created a mess. They severed many strong performers, selected a management team based upon favored but unqualified "yes" people (a.k.a. Lapdogs). Management choices were disastrous and less than two years later half of them were terminated. Recently, in July 2015, the Company has had to downsize the Finance Department again, severing about half the employees (70+) only to post jobs to hire 20 replacements, claiming the new hires are necessary because the fired employees lacked necessary soft skills (e.g., ability to agree with management, ability to work as part of a team). Remaining Finance employees are working crazy hours, morale is terrible, and "survivors" are looking for opportunities to leave.

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Pros

Pros High talent density. You work with genuinely smart, capable people, and it raises your standards fast. Strong learning environment. You’re constantly exposed to complex problems, real constraints, and high expectations. Meaningful mission. The work has real-world impact, and it changes how you see the grid and infrastructure around you. Professional culture. Clear expectations, accountability, and a serious “bring your A-game” environment. Solid benefits. Competitive overall package, plus an employee utility discount that’s a nice perk. Resume value. SCE experience carries weight, and the company is difficult to get into for a reason. Opportunities to take on big responsibilities. In my case, the work often matched senior project-management level scope, regardless of title.

Cons

Cons Manager quality can vary a lot, and your day-to-day experience can hinge on where you land. The culture can feel unforgiving at times...one mistake can overshadow a long track record of strong work if leadership isn’t coach-forward. Large-company bureaucracy. Decision-making can be slow and process-heavy. Leadership direction can sometimes feel disconnected from employee/customer reality, especially around affordability and long-term system decisions. Re-entry can be difficult once you leave; “boomerang” paths aren’t always clear or realistic.

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