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3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(109 total reviews)

Samuel D. Cohen

73% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Energy Solutions has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 109 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Energy Solutions 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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109 reviews
3.0
Sep 18, 2020

Good company that provides good opportunities with flaws

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Pros

Collegial, motivated, bright staff Good compensation for senior management level

Cons

Lack of PTO and high annual hour expectations Retention of talented staff

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Energy Solutions is a privately-owned consulting company committed to its mission and values and to providing long-term employment and meaningful professional advancement opportunities for our staff. We believe based on the acceptance rate of our offers and our retention rate that our salaries are competitive in the market, and that our 401K contributions and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) provide significant value to staff in addition to the salaries we offer. Based on our tracking of employee turnover we have found our turnover rate is less than half that of the industry average. We offer industry standard PTO and pride ourselves on providing a high level of work schedule flexibility for our staff.
3.0
Jun 16, 2020

Good people, too many hats to wear

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Pros

There are a lot of good, qualified, and invested people doing quality work here on both technical and project management sides. Management seems pretty committed to providing a positive environment for workers. There's pretty decent opportunity to evolve and change your role as you learn new things and become exposed to different responsibilities. Working in downtown Oakland is pretty cool. From what I saw, there was a lot of freedom to have your own work/life balance

Cons

Has a pretty corporate feel even for all the effort to make it not feel that way. Not a lot workplace culture developed. Biggest con for me (as a technical person) was being drawn into projects where my role was initially scoped as technical/analytical support, but ending up having to do all manner of handling client relationships, writing memos, etc. This was a big turnoff for me, since context switching was often whiplash-inducing. In general having an hours-based consulting model for the parts of my work that were actually technical also got frustrating, since it typically prevents you from tackling big projects holistically and forces you to focus only on being able to execute modular chunks, each of which has to justify itself to the client. (This is probably relevant to consulting in general, though) There were occasional last minute "did I not tell you I have this thing due to a client tomorrow? Well I have this thing due to a client tomorrow and you're the only person who can help me do it. So get me this thing done by the end of today oh and by the way you can only bill one hour to it" situations which are also very unpleasant and stressful, especially when requested at 8pm. It's a bit disingenuous to say there's a no limit vacation policy and also have a soft billable hours target for departments that's just over 40hrs/week for 50 weeks/year

4.0
Apr 30, 2020

Good Company with great mission

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Pros

Mission Good Working environment Smart Creative People Good Career advancement opportunities

Cons

Salary increases must be strongly advocated for

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