Eversource Energy reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(862 total reviews)
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Joseph R. Nolan Jr.

79% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Eversource Energy has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 862 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Eversource Energy 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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862 reviews
2.0
Feb 8, 2022

Would only recommend if you're young in your career

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Those early in their career will get opportunities to learn a lot. You can get experience in many areas to boost your resume and any employer who is located in New England knows the Eversource name which helps with your resume. There are some incredibly dedicated, intelligent, and overall fantastic human beings that work at Eversource. Starting pay is at least market value, but you may be able to negotiate above easily especially with prior experience. Eversoruce's 401k is actually pretty healthy and has returned well even through the pandemic. 401k matching is 100% up to 3%. Health insurance through BCBS. Dental through Delta dental. Vision is through VSP.

Cons

You may very well be given a plethora of responsibilities above your pay grade with nobody to back you and if you struggle to keep your head above water it's 100% your fault and not managements for mismanaging their employees. Other employees are also so overloaded with projects/responsibilities that they don't have the bandwidth to assist. Prior to taking a $350 certification exam, I asked if the company will reimburse me for the cost. I was told that it would "we can have this conversation after you take the exam." I took that as a "NO." Salaried employees are exempt from OT. This means there's no motivation to work past your scheduled hours, but you may have so much on your plate that you have to work past your normal scheduled hours leading to burnout and no work-life balance. I can't speak for all employees but this was the case with myself, fellow co-workers in my department, and co-workers in other departments that I've spoken to. You will have to work wonky hours during storms. This may mean you're working 12+ hours each day over a weekend and then roll right into a new work week come Monday with no rest time, no OT pay, and forced to drive in during blizzards/tropical storms to sit in a depressing cube twittling your thumbs waiting to actually do something to assist the storm effort. This can easily be done from home but senior 'leadership' insists you come into the office. With all of the negatives, I would still recommend working here if you're early in your career as you'll get a ton of experience and exposure, much of the non-senior leadership are fantastic people to work with, and everything you do contributes to the greater good of reliable electricity and gas for the customers.

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Eversource Energy Response
4y
Thank you for your feedback. Your comments are concerning. Your opinion is valuable to us, so please reach out to your HR Business Partner to discuss your concerns and help you come up with some solutions.
3.0
Sep 16, 2018
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Pros

First and Foremost I love how we all pretend to do real work. Next best thing is working for free during emergency response for storms. I love inputting 16 to 20 hours of overtime doing unproductive work. Promotions usually take a while which is good.

Cons

No cons to think of

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Eversource Energy Response
7y
We are always here to listen to specific concerns. Please reach out to your manager or HR to work on a solution.
1.0
Jul 20, 2015
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Pros

Salaries and benefits can be considered competitive with the market, especially when you consider the narrow scope of the job and the low expectations and standards of what you will be required to do.

Cons

Top down, command and control management. Functional silos, with no cross functional team work going on at all. Different areas of the company are working toward different goals, sometimes at cross purposes. No consistency of accountability across departments; in any case, accountability is low even in departments that attempt to implement it. Very little transparency in policies. Senior management has no credibility. Storm duty with no pay is supposed to be a condition of employment for all non-represented employees. In practice, a relatively small group is activated for each storm, while many non-represented employees never serve storm duty. And for those who do report for storm duty, some get paid, some do not. This is a known fact among employees, but management has refused to divulge the policy on who gets paid and when.

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