Exelon reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,242 total reviews)
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Calvin Butler

64% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Exelon has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,242 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Exelon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.8 stars).

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5.0
Oct 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

One of the best corporate orientations I have ever attended. People here are passionate about their work. There are alot of employees that come in and stay for their entire career. World class recruiting, diversity and inclusion initiatives, employee resource groups, training and development opportunities. They pay their employees very well and offer great benefits.

Cons

I am still new and learning about work-life balance in ComEd. You have to be in the office every day and in my department are required to stay until atleast 5:00 pm which is peak traffic time. . It is difficult to be home early enough to get dinner on the table help kids study for tests, attend kids activities. Would be nice to have a little more flexibility to come in earlier and leave earlier.

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Exelon Response
11y
Thank you for taking the time to post this review! Exelon appreciates all of your hard work and we greatly value your input. Thanks again!
4.0
Mar 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing benefits, good salaries, some opportunities for advancement, diverse and interesting company with many locations, if you end up in a good department it can be one of the best jobs you'll ever have

Cons

Far too political with a lot of backstabbing and maneuvering in certain departments, a sclerotic and slow-moving bureaucracy that takes ages to make any real change (post-merger we are just now modernizing IT systems to Windows 7, which is itself already 6 years old)

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Exelon Response
12y
Thank you very much for taking the time to post this review! We value the opinions of all of our employees – present and past. If you would like to provide any additional detail around your experience, please email CorporateTalentAcquisition@exeloncorp.com. We welcome feedback that has the potential to help make Exelon a rewarding place to work for all employees.
4.0
Oct 9, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

For incoming new grad engineers, Exelon has a good rotation program. New grad hires get to move to a different department each month for 6 months. At the end of the rotations, your manager will ask what your top 3 preferred departments are. They will try to place you in one of these if there are openings and managers approve. Many engineering degree grads who are not electrical engineers do not think to apply to Exelon. However, electric power concepts are not difficult to pick up and many engineering tasks at the company can be learned on the job. They will hire people with industrial, manufacturing, civil, and mechanical engineering degrees for any engineering position out of school. I even know of someone being hired for an engineering position who had a mathematics degree. Don't get too comfy in your first job with the company. After 2 years in your first position, management generally "recommends" that you move to a different department. Exelon likes its employees to get an understanding of the company's various functions. Benefits include 401k with 5% match, employe stock purchase, BCBS PPO or BCBS High deductible HSA plan (HSA contribution of $500 per year HSA balances can be invested as well), Vision Plan, Aetna Dental plan. Bonuses for new hires are targeted for 7% of base salary depending on business unit performance, it can be higher or lower than that.

Cons

If you work in one of Exelon's utilities like PECO or ComEd then you are subject to work what is called Storm Duty. When you are on storm duty you are basically on call. If a severe storm or outage occurs during your storm duty you are called in to perform whatever function the company sees fit to assist in the restoration of service. This could be "wire watching" for downed wires, making reservations for field crews at hotels, dispatching field crews, etc. When you are called for storm duty you are expected to report in to your predetermined location within 1 hour. There are different storm teams that rotate duties throughout the year.

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