FirstEnergy reviews

2.7

33% would recommend to a friend

(635 total reviews)
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Brian X. Tierney

14% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

FirstEnergy has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 635 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The FirstEnergy employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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635 reviews
1.0
Nov 4, 2025
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Pros

Good people outside of executive leadership.

Cons

CEO brought in seemingly to sabotage company. Pays extremely high stock dividends despite outrageous amounts of outstanding shares. Destroyed employee morale with asinine RTO claiming a five-year sample size of success working remotely is not enough. Multiple rounds of layoffs have taken place and there will most likely be more in '26. Meanwhile, Mr. Tierney commissioned an extremely unnecessary renovation of the WAC building, which included expenditures such as a $300k conference room table. I doubt customers would be happy to learn they'll be paying for all this in the form of rate increases. I mean, these were "capital" expenditures right? I won't mention the decision to purchase the former GO and then sell it for a loss of roughly $40 million dollars. Meanwhile, mid-level leaders in the company who are doing excellent work, consistently delivering services at or under budget, are laid off AFTER being told by an imported VP from the BANKING industry it's our fault and we aren't doing good enough.

1.0
Nov 2, 2025

Run away as fast as you can from FE

Recommend
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Pros

Enjoyable work and challenging assignments

Cons

Executive Leadership is worst I have ever seen. No loyalty and everyone is expendable. Lying is a way of life with this executive team.

2.0
Nov 1, 2025

CEO is ruining the company

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Pros

The pay is acceptable, but engineers make the same amount as designers.

Cons

There is very little accountability for teams that do not want to do their work. There are also a lot of contractors. There seems to be little job security with tons of layoffs and benefits being cut.

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